Re: upper case in command and end of sentence

[Patrice Dumas]

On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 12:10:52AM +0000, Karl Berry wrote:
>     @commands like @emph, @asis... do not change anything compared with 
>     text.  A period after a lower-case letter leads to double spacing,
>     after an upper case letter simple spacing.
> 
> Shouldn't @footnote follow this rule too?  I don't see any obvious
> reason why it should be treated differently than other non-code
> commands.  Indeed, I think a footnote on someone's initial is actually
> more plausible than using @emph or the like on an initial ... not that
> any of it is very likely.  Donald address@hidden Knuth ...

Exactly.  That is what the current implementation do.  Footnotes and
things added by @emph or @strong (like _ or *) are considered to be
'transparent' with respect to determination of spacing (but count in the
count of characters to determine when to break lines).

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Pat