[latexrefman-commits] r430 - in /trunk: ChangeLog latex2e.texi

jhefferon at domain.hid jhefferon at domain.hid
Sat Sep 12 17:14:18 CEST 2015


Author: jhefferon
Date: Sat Sep 12 17:14:17 2015
New Revision: 430

URL: http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/latexrefman?rev=430&view=rev
Log:
move \frenchspacing where it belongs

Modified:
    trunk/ChangeLog
    trunk/latex2e.texi

Modified: trunk/ChangeLog
URL: http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/latexrefman/trunk/ChangeLog?rev=430&r1=429&r2=430&view=diff
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--- trunk/ChangeLog	(original)
+++ trunk/ChangeLog	Sat Sep 12 17:14:17 2015
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2015-09-12  Jim Hefferon  <jhefferon at domain.hid>
+
+	* latex2e.texi (\frenchspacing): Move node to Spacing.
+
 2015-09-12  Jim Hefferon  <jhefferon at domain.hid>
 
 	* latex2e.texi (\frenchspacing): Add this node.

Modified: trunk/latex2e.texi
URL: http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/latexrefman/trunk/latex2e.texi?rev=430&r1=429&r2=430&view=diff
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--- trunk/latex2e.texi	(original)
+++ trunk/latex2e.texi	Sat Sep 12 17:14:17 2015
@@ -4272,9 +4272,8 @@
 produce a printed document, this sequence must be broken into lines
 (and these lines must be broken into pages).
 
- at domain.hid{} usually does the line (and page) breaking for you, but in
-some environments, you do the line breaking yourself with the
- at domain.hid{\\} command, and you can always manually force breaks.
+ at LaTeX{} usually does the line (and page) breaking in the text body for
+you but in some environments you manually force line breaks.
 
 @menu
 * \\::                         Start a new line.
@@ -4284,7 +4283,6 @@
 * \fussy::                     Be fussy about line breaking.
 * \sloppy::                    Be sloppy about line breaking.
 * \hyphenation::               Tell @LaTeX{} how to hyphenate a word.
-* \frenchspacing::             Make interword and intersentence space equal.
 * \linebreak & \nolinebreak::  Forcing & avoiding line breaks.
 @end menu
 
@@ -4313,16 +4311,18 @@
 negative length.  The text before the break is set at its normal length,
 that is, it is not stretched to fill out the line width.
 
-Explicit line breaks in the text body are unusual in @LaTeX{}.  This
-command is more often used outside of the main flow of text, such as in
+Explicit line breaks in the text body are unusual in @LaTeX{}.  In
+particular, to start a new paragraph instead leave a blank line.  This
+command is mostly used outside of the main flow of text such as in
 a tabular or array environment.
 
 Under ordinary circumstances (e.g., outside of a @code{p@{..@}} column
-of a tabular environment) a synonym for double-backslash (@code{\\}) is
-the @code{\newline} command (@pxref{\newline}).
-
-The starred form @code{\\*} in addition tells @LaTeX{} not to start a
-new page between the two lines, by issuing a @code{\nobreak}.
+in a tabular environment) the @code{\newline} command is a synonym for
+ at code{\\} (@pxref{\newline}).
+
+In addition to starting a new line, the starred form @code{\\*} tells
+ at LaTeX{} not to start a new page between the two lines, by issuing a
+ at code{\nobreak}.
 
 @example
 \title at domain.hid story: \\[0.25in]
@@ -4435,22 +4435,6 @@
 @example
 \hyphenation at domain.hid col-umns data-base data-bases@}
 @end example
-
-
- at domain.hid \frenchspacing
- at domain.hid @code{\frenchspacing}
-
- at domain.hid \frenchspacing
- at domain.hid spacing, intersentence
-
-This declaration (from plain @TeX{}) causes @LaTeX{} to treat
-intersentence spacing the same as interword spacing.  In justifying the
-text in a line some typographic traditions, including that of English,
-prefer to adjust the space between sentences (or after other punctuation
-marks) more than the space between words.  Following this declaration,
-all spaces are treated equally.
-
-Revert to the default behavior by declaring @code{\nonfrenchspacing}.
 
 
 @node \linebreak & \nolinebreak
@@ -7395,6 +7379,7 @@
 * \hspace::             Fixed horizontal space.
 * \hfill::              Stretchable horizontal space.
 * \(SPACE) and \@@::    Space after a period.
+* \frenchspacing::      Make interword and intersentence space equal.
 * \thinspace::          One-sixth of an em.
 * \/::                  Insert italic correction.
 * \hrulefill::          Stretchable horizontal rule.
@@ -7502,6 +7487,24 @@
 @code{reserved words (if, then, etc.\@@) are different}, @TeX{} will put
 interword space after the closing parenthesis (note that @code{\@@} is
 before the parenthesis).
+
+
+ at node \frenchspacing
+ at section @code{\frenchspacing}
+
+ at findex \frenchspacing
+ at findex \nonfrenchspacing
+ at cindex spacing, intersentence
+
+This declaration (from Plain @TeX{}) causes @LaTeX{} to treat
+intersentence spacing in the same way as interword spacing.
+
+In justifying the text in a line, some typographic traditions, including
+English, prefer to adjust the space between sentences (or after other
+punctuation marks) more than the space between words.  Following this
+declaration, all spaces are instead treated equally.
+
+Revert to the default behavior by declaring @code{\nonfrenchspacing}.
 
 
 @node \thinspace





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