[bug #63076] [tmac] add Russian language support

[G. Branden Robinson]

Follow-up Comment #7, bug #63076 (project groff):


[comment #5 comment #5:]
> Another question: Why do nearly all language macro packages set additional
inter-sentence space to 0?

The short answer is English-language typography diverged from European
practices over the 19th and 20th centuries.  With respect to this specific
issue, practices within English-speaking communities have fragmented.

It is a deeply confusing issue.  As with "widows" and "orphans", "French
spacing" and "English spacing" are each used to mean precisely opposite
things.

Most European languages using the Latin alphabet appear to now predominantly
use only one word space after sentence-endings.  I believe there is a European
Union mandate (applicable to that organization's own official output only, but
adhered to voluntarily by many private organizations for want of a different
style manual) along these lines. 

> Should the same be done in the Russian one?

I would consult one or authoritative style manuals for Russian language
professional writing and typography.


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