[OS X TeX] right (resp. left)

[Adam M. Goldstein]

I am pretty sure that 

resp.~left

will work too, although additionally it won't allow a break between the two words.

In general, 

.\ 

means "use the inter-word, not inter-sentence, spacing." So, for instance, for use in abbreviations in a sentence.

J.\ J.\ Thomson

On Jun 7, 2010, at 11:58 AM, Chris Goedde wrote:

> I would use
> 
> right (resp.\ left)
> 
> Chris
> 
> On Jun 7, 2010, at 10:39 AM, Alain Schremmer wrote:
> 
>> Understandably, LaTeX reads the . as ending a sentence and gives "right (resp.  left)", that is leaves a big space between resp. and left.
>> 
>> Assuming that the space ought to be smaller, I looked in Companion 2ed but didn't find anything and \. gives "respleft" while  "resp$\dot$ left" gives me the error  "Extra }, or forgotten $" which I don't understand.
>> 
>> So, what is the scoop?
>> 
>> Not very worried regards
>> --schremmer
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