[latexrefman-commits] [SCM] latexrefman updated: r1155 - trunk

[Karl Berry]

Author: karl
Date: 2023-07-19 17:23:19 +0000 (Wed, 19 Jul 2023)
New Revision: 1155

Modified:
   trunk/ChangeLog
   trunk/Makefile
   trunk/NEWS
   trunk/latex2e.texi
Log:
\nobreakspace synonym for ~

Modified: trunk/ChangeLog
===================================================================
--- trunk/ChangeLog	2023-07-16 17:30:04 UTC (rev 1154)
+++ trunk/ChangeLog	2023-07-19 17:23:19 UTC (rev 1155)
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2023-07-19  Karl Berry  <karl at freefriends.org>
+
+	* Makefile (check-dw): also ignore @c lines.
+
+	* latex2e.texi (~): also mention \nobreakspace and U+00A0 synonyms.
+	(They aren't, quite, ~ has a pair of empty braces after, but this
+	does not seem worth mentioning.)
+
 2023-07-16  Karl Berry  <karl at freefriends.org>
 
 	* latex2e.texi (Document class options): recommend the geometry

Modified: trunk/Makefile
===================================================================
--- trunk/Makefile	2023-07-16 17:30:04 UTC (rev 1154)
+++ trunk/Makefile	2023-07-19 17:23:19 UTC (rev 1155)
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@
 # The first sed expression elides a few @-command lines which cause
 # duplicates; the second expr some text in the middle of lines.
 check-dw:
-	sed -e 's/^@\(node\|item\|anchor\|.index\|.*section\) .*//' \
+	sed -e 's/^@\(c\|node\|item\|anchor\|.index\|.*section\) .*//' \
 	    -e 's/ da da\|xxx\|overwrite\|{test test}\|[iI][jJ]//g' \
 	  latex2e.texi | dw
 

Modified: trunk/NEWS
===================================================================
--- trunk/NEWS	2023-07-16 17:30:04 UTC (rev 1154)
+++ trunk/NEWS	2023-07-19 17:23:19 UTC (rev 1155)
@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@
 Updates are welcome.
 
 Additions:
-* Description of the \thepage page number representation.
-* Description of the (simple) \slash command.
+* \thepage page number representation.
+* \nobreakspace and U+00A0 synonyms for ties.
+* The (simple) \slash command.
 
 
 Notable changes in January 2023 release:
 

Modified: trunk/latex2e.texi
===================================================================
--- trunk/latex2e.texi	2023-07-16 17:30:04 UTC (rev 1154)
+++ trunk/latex2e.texi	2023-07-19 17:23:19 UTC (rev 1155)
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 @c $Id$
 @comment %**start of header (This is for running Texinfo on a region.)
 @setfilename latex2e.info
- at set UPDATED March 2023
+ at set UPDATED July 2023
 @include common.texi
 @settitle @LaTeX{}2e unofficial reference manual (@value{UPDATED})
 @comment %**end of header (This is for running Texinfo on a region.)
@@ -4703,7 +4703,7 @@
 * tabbing::               Align text arbitrarily.
 * table::                 Floating tables.
 * tabular::               Align text in columns.
-* thebibliography::      Bibliography or reference list.
+* thebibliography::       Bibliography or reference list.
 * theorem::               Theorems, lemmas, etc.
 * titlepage::             For hand crafted title pages.
 * verbatim::              Simulating typed input.
@@ -15094,11 +15094,11 @@
 @item \thanks@{@var{text}@}
 @cindex thanks, for titlepage
 @cindex credit footnote
-Optional.  Produce a footnote.  You can use it in the author information
-for acknowledgements as illustrated above, but you can also use it in
-the title, or any place a footnote mark makes sense.  It can be any text
-at all so you can use it for any purpose, such as to print an email
-address.
+Optional.  Produce a footnote.  You can use it in the author
+information for acknowledgements as illustrated above, but you can
+also use it in the title, or anywhere that a footnote mark makes
+sense.  It can be any text at all so you can use it for any purpose,
+such as to print an email address.
 
 @item \title@{@var{text}@}
 @cindex title, for titlepage
@@ -15110,11 +15110,11 @@
 
 @end ftable
 
-To make your own title page, see at tie{}@ref{titlepage}. You can either
+To make your own title page, @pxref{titlepage}. You can either
 create this as a one-off or you can include it as part of a renewed
- at code{\maketitle} command.  (Many publishers will provide a class to use
+ at code{\maketitle} command.  Many publishers will provide a class to use
 in place of @code{article} that formats the title according to their
-house requirements.)
+house requirements.
 
 
 @node \pagenumbering
@@ -15825,7 +15825,7 @@
 @findex \@key{SPACE}
 
 This section refers to the command consisting of two characters, a
-backslash followed by a space.@*Synopsis:
+backslash followed by a space. Synopsis:
 
 @example
 \@w{ }
@@ -15891,7 +15891,7 @@
 
 
 @node ~
- at section @code{~}
+ at section @code{~}, @code{\nobreakspace}
 
 @findex ~
 @cindex tie
@@ -15906,10 +15906,14 @@
 @var{before}~@var{after}
 @end example
 
+ at findex \nobreakspace
+ at cindex no-break space, Unicode U+00A0
 The @dfn{tie} character, @code{~}, produces a space between @var{before} and
 @var{after} at which the line will not be broken. By default the white
 space has length 3.33333 at dmn{pt} plus 1.66666 at dmn{pt} minus
-1.11111 at dmn{pt} (@pxref{Lengths}).
+1.11111 at dmn{pt} (@pxref{Lengths}).  The command @code{\nobreakspace}
+and the Unicode input character U+00A0 (also in many 8-bit encodings)
+are synonyms.
 
 @c This paragraph is not translated to French, as the French translation
 @c uses a term that means ``unbreakable''.
@@ -15928,14 +15932,14 @@
 In addition, despite the period, @LaTeX{} does not use the
 end-of-sentence spacing (@pxref{\@@}).
 
-Ties prevent the end of line separation of things where that could
-cause confusion. They also still allow hyphenation (of either of the
-tied words), so they are generally preferable to putting consecutive
-words in an @code{\mbox} (@pxref{\mbox & \makebox}). 
+Ties prevent a line break where that could cause confusion. They also
+still allow hyphenation (of either of the tied words), so they are
+generally preferable to putting consecutive words in an @code{\mbox}
+(@pxref{\mbox & \makebox}).
 
-They are also matters of taste, sometimes alarmingly dogmatic taste,
-among readers. Nevertheless, here are some usage models, many of them
-from @cite{The @TeX{}book}.
+Exactly where ties should be used is something of a matter of taste,
+sometimes alarmingly dogmatic taste, among readers. Nevertheless, here
+are some usage models, many of them from @cite{The @TeX{}book}.
 
 @itemize @bullet
 @item