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From: Suvayu Ali <fatkasuvayu+linux@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: inter-word space in org -> latex
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On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 10:42:25AM -0400, Dan Griswold wrote:
> Dear org-mode community,
> 
> In LaTeX, a space after a period is treated as an inter-sentence space,
> which is wider than an inter-word space. This can lead to overly wide
> spacing after a period that ends an abbreviation rather than a space. The
> way to cover this in LaTeX is to use a backslash prior to the space, as in:
> 
> Mr.\ Henry Higgins.
> 
> I have some documents in org that have the same issue: periods concluding
> abbreviations, with the result that LaTeX puts more space than I want after
> the abbreviation. Yet the use of "\ " does not work, as the backslash is
> exported to LaTeX as a literal backslash.
> 
> How should I mark in org mode that I want a space following a period
> concluding an abbreviation to be seen by LaTeX as an interword space?

You can use entities.  Maybe something like this:

(setq org-entities-user	; can also use "\ "
      '(("space" "~" nil "&nbsp;" " " " " " ")))

Then the following:

  Mr.\space{}Henry Higgins.

exports as:

  Mr.~Henry Higgins.

Hope this helps,

-- 
Suvayu

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