On Wed, 12 Nov 2014 18:08:12 +0100 (CET) Carsten Kunze <carsten.ku...@arcor.de> wrote:
> by default Heirloom troff inserts a double word space if a line ends > with ":". Is this correct US English typography? It is not incorrect. Typographical convention has varied over time and treatment of the colon along with it. So, "correct" is hard to pin down. I was taught 500 moons ago that a colon may be followed by one or two spaces depending on purpose. Examples: 1. There is only one thing to fear: fear itself. 2. Proceed as follows: First, assume a can opener. The troff behavior would seem to support that notion. If the succeeding clause is independent, put it on a different line and let troff treat it as end-of-sentence. If it's not, leave it in the running text and let troff treat as end-of-word. --jkl P.S. What is the German practice?
