Path: ...!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail
From: Pieter van Oostrum <pieter-l@vanoostrum.org>
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: Re: Forced space
Date: Tue, 02 Jul 2024 14:02:46 +0200
Lines: 20
Message-ID: <m2ikxongrd.fsf@cochabamba-1.kpn>
References: <v5ul3k$15am2$1@dont-email.me>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
X-Trace: individual.net p8UUt3Axm+FGHOiq6dNKoAiSKscsU5im0zGUKh7K36BEV6kIAM
Cancel-Lock: sha1:aQEA6irySpqN61EyW83L8M5oCiA= sha1:kvuv2VhPpRg4TsWV+RZ7xAeuP94= sha256:rxUAS6djhsla+JMbOMEMSudWTXudlOQUIhgK1SUz+TY=
User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.2 (darwin)
Bytes: 1503

db <dieterhansbritz@gmail.com> writes:

> In a text I'm writing, I have this line
>
> is \begin{otherlanguage}{russian}река \end{otherlanguage}\;(rieka),
>
> If I don't put the \; in and put a space in instead, there is
> no space after compiling. As it is with \;, there is a space,
> but now "(rieka)" is highlighted yellow. How come? What is the
> best way to force a space where I have that \; ?
> -- 
> db

When I put your line in a minimal LaTeX document with \; replaced by a space, there is a space between 'река' and '(rieka)'. I think this is the space that is after 'река' in the source.

And what do you mean by highlighted yellow?
-- 
Pieter van Oostrum <pieter@vanoostrum.org>
www: http://pieter.vanoostrum.org/
PGP key: [8DAE142BE17999C4]