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>>>>> On Fri, 13 May 2011, Micha³ Górny wrote: |
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>> > +be disabled by~user too, using a~PM-specific mechanism. |
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>> > +\item \t{src\_test} (except if \t{RESTRICT=test} or~disabled |
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>> > by~user) |
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>> Could you please use the ~ more sparingly? I don't see a reason why |
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>> line breaks at these points should be suppressed. |
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> The rules of typography state that prepositions should not appear at |
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> the end of a line. |
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I've consulted some typography books: The Chicago manual of style [1] |
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doesn't mention such a rule at all. Dowding [2] mentions it, but only |
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for ragged-edged columns, not for justified ones (also the book |
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doesn't follow such a rule for its own text). |
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However, the main point is that the document will be processed |
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automatically with very little human intervention. So we shouldn't |
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take away too many possible break points from TeX, otherwise we risk |
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uneven spacing or overfull hboxes. |
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> But sure I can if you can tell me when to use it. |
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So far, the only places where ~ is used is for cross references, i.e. |
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between the word "section", "table", etc., and the following number |
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(specified by \ref). |
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Ulrich |
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[1] The Chicago manual of style. 14th edition, Univ. of Chicago Press, |
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Chicago 1993. ISBN 0-226-10389-7. |
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[2] Geoffrey Dowding: Finer points in the spacing & arrangement of |
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type. Revised edition, Hartley & Marks, 1995. ISBN 0-88179-119-9. |