2008/7/17 David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 07:46:21 -0400, Alan Bowen wrote: > >> Thanks, David. I tried >> >> \starttext >> A. E. Samuel\crlf >> A.\ E.\ Samuel\crlf >> A.~E.~Samuel >> >> \stoptext >> >> and can see no difference (ConTeXt ver: 2008.07.14 18:07 MKII). The >> tilde is not really a good way for me to go. The problem is that I >> publish a journal in which the bibliography is punctuated mainly by >> "." Introducing tildes (which make spaces non-breaking) would affect >> the line-breaking negatively. > > Oh - sorry about that. > > What happens if you use your preferred way, but add the command > \fixedspaces somewhere previously in the document? > > I've discovered that this command is now required to get either the \ . > or the ~. to have any effect for me. The problem is, I don't know how > to turn it off afterwards. :-)
You can't, there is no command to reset it but this should do it. \def\variablespaces {\letcatcodecommand \ctxcatcodes `\~ \nonbreakablespace} Wolfgang ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________