Re: What's the meaning of the lines in the file `langdef'

[Zhongtao Zhu]

>>>>> "Isaac" == Isaac To <address@hidden> writes:

    >>>> Can someone, please, explain the two lines as follows:
    >>>> 
    >>>> langdef English { english . : ! ? .) ?) !) .' !' ?' } 
    >>>> langdef French Francais "Fran\347ais"{ french }

    Isaac> I think that's just the list of character sequences that
    Isaac> would cause double space when occurring at the end of a
    Isaac> "lout word" and typesetting in TeX spacing mode.  Note that
    Isaac> French people never like double space, so the list is
    Isaac> empty.

    Isaac> Regards,
    Isaac> Isaac.

This explanation makes senses. Thanks a lot. 

Regards,
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