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Re: [O] Automatically escaping single spaces
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Marcin Borkowski |
Subject: |
Re: [O] Automatically escaping single spaces |
Date: |
Mon, 18 Mar 2013 17:31:13 +0100 |
Dnia 2013-03-18, o godz. 14:40:24
Suvayu Ali <address@hidden> napisaĆ(a):
> Hi Orgers,
>
> I use double spaces to demarcate end of sentences
> (sentence-end-double-space t). Now when I use things like "e.g. " or
> "Fig. ", Emacs understands it is not the end of sentence and does the
> "right thing", say for filling. However when I export a phrase like
> that from Org, say to LaTeX, I have to be mindful and write something
> like this instead: "e.g.\space{}"[1]. Although this works, it is very
> distracting while writing and prone to human error. I would like some
> seamless way for Org to respect my sentence-end-double-space setting
> while exporting and export single spaces as single spaces.
>
> Can someone suggest someway to get this to work? It would be even
> more awesome if this can be included in Org, i.e. respect
> sentence-end-double-space in exported text by default.
Hi,
A simple workaround would be to use \frenchspacing in your LaTeX
document (which typographic authorities suggest anyway - at least
Bringhurst). The thing is, the algorithm LaTeX uses to determine
whether a period ends a sentence or not is completely different from
Emacs' one: for the TeX parser, any number of spaces effectively
collapses into one (at least, if no special measures are taken).
Anyway, you may also try "e.g.\nbsp{}this" to get a nonbreakable
space. I'd also suggest changing your org-entities-user so that \space
maps to either "\space" or "\ " in LaTeX - this way you get breakable
spaces, too.
As a feature request: what about including (1) \frenchspacing in the
exported LaTeX file by default and (2) "\ " mapped to "\ " in LaTeX
export?
Anyway, for all people interested in the subject (from both
typographical and TeXnical points of view), I'd strongly suggest reading
through e.g. http://tex.stackexchange.com/q/4705/5626 .
Best,
>
> Thanks for any ideas.
>
> Cheers,
>
>
> Footnotes:
>
> [1] I have (org-entities-user '(("space" "~" nil " " " " " " " "))) in
> my Org settings.
>
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Marcin Borkowski
http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski
Adam Mickiewicz University