"James K. Lowden" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.
Also that is new to me.... > 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. Ok, thanks! > P.S. What is the German practice? In German one space is used between words and after . ! ? : , That "French spacing" can be configured with the second argument of the .ss request. Carsten
