Robin Turner wrote: > <snip>
> > As for double-spacing after a sentence, you're right. LyX (or rather LaTeX, > to which it is a front-end) does not double-space. It uses an algorithm which > takes into account the length of the line and the number of words, > multiplying whitespace between words, between words within a sentence > separated by punctuation, and between sentences to different degrees (the > only disadvantage is that after typing something like "Mr.", you have to > remember to hit Ctrl-space, otherwise it thinks it's the end of a sentence). > Compare the printed output from LyX/LaTeX to that produced by any > word-processor, and you'll see the difference. A silly question. Why does Latex use this complicated algorithm? Michael
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