Re: [Groff] [Heirloom] Double word space after :

[Werner LEMBERG]

>> That is new to me.  I thought that only one space is
>> used after a colon.
> 
> Why do people always think that space should exist
> only in integer multiples of a basic space quantum?

This is what people used with old typewriters.

> How about 1.5 times the wordspace after a period that ends a
> sentence, 1.2 times the wordspace after a colon?  Or some other
> fraction?

groff's `.ss' command allows this.


    Werner