Re: rule for period and sentence ending

Possibly you are right. I think the answer is largely historical. That is how TeX works and has done for 30 years. The style wars regarding the placement of dots has always been a controversial one. Should one write : These are the methods of the N.S.A. or These are the methods of the N

rule for period and sentence ending

Hi, The current rule for sentence ending is: 14.3.3 Ending a Sentence As mentioned above, Texinfo normally inserts additional space after the end of a sentence. It uses a simple heuristic for this: