Re: [wip-cite-new] Adjust punctuation around citations

[Denis Maier <maier.de@gmail.com>]

Am 21.06.2021 um 10:45 schrieb Nicolas Goaziou:
> Hello,
> 
> Denis Maier <denismaier@mailbox.org> writes:
> 
>> Using a space for this is perhaps too subtle as you say. Also, the
>> question is which one should be the default. I'd actually suggest to
>> turn it around:
>>
>>     "A quotation ending without punctuation"[cite: @hoel-71-whole].
>>     "A quotation ending with a period" [cite: @hoel-71-whole].
>>
>> Reason for this: People who don't care for this distinction---either
>> because they use en-us only, or because they never switch from in-text
>> to notes styles---will probably prefer to have a space between
>> quotation and citation (in input and output).
> 
> People who don't care for this distinction can write
> 
>     "A quotation ending without punctuation" [cite: @hoel-71-whole].
>     "A quotation ending with a period" [cite: @hoel-71-whole].
> 
> So I guess the default doesn't matter in this case?

That's probably correct.

> 
>> What about some sort of escaping for punctuation that should stay
>> outside the quotation marks?
>>     "A quotation ending without punctuation" [cite: @hoel-71-whole]\.
>>
>> But, of course, that's imperfect as well. Don't know which option is
>> less odd.
> 
> Actual usage may tell. I implemented the spacing-tweak in
> "wip-cite-new". You (and others) may want to try it out on real
> documents and see if it feels somewhat natural.

Ok, let's see if others have comments. I can for now at least confirm 
that the mechanism seems to work as intended.

Thanks for all your work on this!

Best,
Denis