Re: Three dots

On Mon, 28 Jun 2004, Angus Leeming wrote:

> I can't answer you, but see http://www.latex-project.org/guides/
> Specifically, Chapter 3 of The Latex Companion, 2nd ed., by Mittelbach,
> Goossens et el.

Angus,

  Well! If you ever want to get wrapped around the axel in the minutia of
typography, read the section on ellipses in that chapter. I downloaded the
pdf version to examine right away.

  It turns out that \textellipsis -- in English -- adds an extra space to
the right of the three dots. That space may, or may not, be appropriate. It
all depends on what follows. So the ellipsis package uses \ldots to figure
out how to fit spaces after the three dots, depending on context.

  I think I'm sorry that I asked! :-)

Thanks,

Rich

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