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Re: Abbreviations and Ordinals


/ Marco Kuhlmann <marco.kuhlmann@gmx.net> was heard to say:
| 1. When I am using abbreviations (and acronyms) in TeX, I
|    define macros for them to guarantee a consistent typography.
|    (For example, I have macros \EG, \IE etc.) In DocBook, while
|    one could use <abbrev>, would it be possible and "good" or
|    at least "acceptable" style to transfer this practice and
|    have a separate entity for each abbreviation?

Sure. I do it all the time.

| 2. In German typography, ordinal numbers are indicated by a
|    period after the corresponding cardinal number. Normally,
|    you would want to have a smaller space after this period
|    than after a period terminating a sentence. In TeX, you can
|    achieve this by appending a backslash to the ordinal period.
|    How would one cater for this using DocBook?

&thinsp;, probably.

                                        Be seeing you,
                                          norm

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