Add a space between the word and the colon in description

In French, colons are always placed after an unbreakable space. However, babel does not implement this rule. How to correct that?

documentclassamsart
usepackage[french]babel

begindocument
 Lorem~:
 begindescription
 item[Dolor] sit
 enddescription
enddocument

edited Dec 25 '18 at 14:54

asked Dec 25 '18 at 14:39

Blincer

34911

Your example doesn't compile and doesn't contain a colon.
– Ulrike Fischer
Dec 25 '18 at 14:52

A colon is added by the description environment.
– Blincer
Dec 25 '18 at 14:52

I see no colon (if I switch to article class to avoid the errors) in a current texlive.
– Ulrike Fischer
Dec 25 '18 at 14:54

I updated the code, the standalone class was a bad idea.
– Blincer
Dec 25 '18 at 14:55

Maybe the smfart class would be better at spacing colons?
– Bernard
Dec 25 '18 at 15:15

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In French, colons are always placed after an unbreakable space. However, babel does not implement this rule. How to correct that?

documentclassamsart
usepackage[french]babel

begindocument
 Lorem~:
 begindescription
 item[Dolor] sit
 enddescription
enddocument

edited Dec 25 '18 at 14:54

asked Dec 25 '18 at 14:39

Blincer

34911

Your example doesn't compile and doesn't contain a colon.
– Ulrike Fischer
Dec 25 '18 at 14:52

A colon is added by the description environment.
– Blincer
Dec 25 '18 at 14:52

I see no colon (if I switch to article class to avoid the errors) in a current texlive.
– Ulrike Fischer
Dec 25 '18 at 14:54

I updated the code, the standalone class was a bad idea.
– Blincer
Dec 25 '18 at 14:55

Maybe the smfart class would be better at spacing colons?
– Bernard
Dec 25 '18 at 15:15

|
show 1 more comment

In French, colons are always placed after an unbreakable space. However, babel does not implement this rule. How to correct that?

documentclassamsart
usepackage[french]babel

begindocument
 Lorem~:
 begindescription
 item[Dolor] sit
 enddescription
enddocument

edited Dec 25 '18 at 14:54

asked Dec 25 '18 at 14:39

Blincer

34911

In French, colons are always placed after an unbreakable space. However, babel does not implement this rule. How to correct that?

documentclassamsart
usepackage[french]babel

begindocument
 Lorem~:
 begindescription
 item[Dolor] sit
 enddescription
enddocument

description french

edited Dec 25 '18 at 14:54

asked Dec 25 '18 at 14:39

Blincer

34911

edited Dec 25 '18 at 14:54

asked Dec 25 '18 at 14:39

Blincer

34911

edited Dec 25 '18 at 14:54

asked Dec 25 '18 at 14:39

Blincer

34911

asked Dec 25 '18 at 14:39

Blincer

34911

asked Dec 25 '18 at 14:39

Blincer

34911

Your example doesn't compile and doesn't contain a colon.
– Ulrike Fischer
Dec 25 '18 at 14:52

A colon is added by the description environment.
– Blincer
Dec 25 '18 at 14:52

I see no colon (if I switch to article class to avoid the errors) in a current texlive.
– Ulrike Fischer
Dec 25 '18 at 14:54

I updated the code, the standalone class was a bad idea.
– Blincer
Dec 25 '18 at 14:55

Maybe the smfart class would be better at spacing colons?
– Bernard
Dec 25 '18 at 15:15

|
show 1 more comment

Your example doesn't compile and doesn't contain a colon.
– Ulrike Fischer
Dec 25 '18 at 14:52

A colon is added by the description environment.
– Blincer
Dec 25 '18 at 14:52

I see no colon (if I switch to article class to avoid the errors) in a current texlive.
– Ulrike Fischer
Dec 25 '18 at 14:54

I updated the code, the standalone class was a bad idea.
– Blincer
Dec 25 '18 at 14:55

Maybe the smfart class would be better at spacing colons?
– Bernard
Dec 25 '18 at 15:15

Your example doesn't compile and doesn't contain a colon.
– Ulrike Fischer
Dec 25 '18 at 14:52

A colon is added by the description environment.
– Blincer
Dec 25 '18 at 14:52

I see no colon (if I switch to article class to avoid the errors) in a current texlive.
– Ulrike Fischer
Dec 25 '18 at 14:54

I updated the code, the standalone class was a bad idea.
– Blincer
Dec 25 '18 at 14:55

Maybe the smfart class would be better at spacing colons?
– Bernard
Dec 25 '18 at 15:15

|
show 1 more comment

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Line 932 of amsart.cls contains the following line

newcommanddescriptionlabel[1]hspacelabelsep upshapebfseries #1:

that explicitly inserts a colon directly after the optional argument of item.

You can use the code in the following example to determine if babel was loaded using the french option. If this is true, an unbreakble space ~ is added before the colon.

documentclassamsart
usepackage[french]babel

makeatletter
@ifpackagewithbabelfrenchrenewcommanddescriptionlabel[1]hspacelabelsep upshapebfseries #1~:
makeatother

begindocument
 Lorem~:
 begindescription
 item[Dolor] sit
 enddescription
enddocument

answered Dec 25 '18 at 15:03

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Line 932 of amsart.cls contains the following line

newcommanddescriptionlabel[1]hspacelabelsep upshapebfseries #1:

that explicitly inserts a colon directly after the optional argument of item.

You can use the code in the following example to determine if babel was loaded using the french option. If this is true, an unbreakble space ~ is added before the colon.

documentclassamsart
usepackage[french]babel

makeatletter
@ifpackagewithbabelfrenchrenewcommanddescriptionlabel[1]hspacelabelsep upshapebfseries #1~:
makeatother

begindocument
 Lorem~:
 begindescription
 item[Dolor] sit
 enddescription
enddocument

answered Dec 25 '18 at 15:03

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Line 932 of amsart.cls contains the following line

newcommanddescriptionlabel[1]hspacelabelsep upshapebfseries #1:

that explicitly inserts a colon directly after the optional argument of item.

You can use the code in the following example to determine if babel was loaded using the french option. If this is true, an unbreakble space ~ is added before the colon.

documentclassamsart
usepackage[french]babel

makeatletter
@ifpackagewithbabelfrenchrenewcommanddescriptionlabel[1]hspacelabelsep upshapebfseries #1~:
makeatother

begindocument
 Lorem~:
 begindescription
 item[Dolor] sit
 enddescription
enddocument

answered Dec 25 '18 at 15:03

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Line 932 of amsart.cls contains the following line

newcommanddescriptionlabel[1]hspacelabelsep upshapebfseries #1:

that explicitly inserts a colon directly after the optional argument of item.

You can use the code in the following example to determine if babel was loaded using the french option. If this is true, an unbreakble space ~ is added before the colon.

documentclassamsart
usepackage[french]babel

makeatletter
@ifpackagewithbabelfrenchrenewcommanddescriptionlabel[1]hspacelabelsep upshapebfseries #1~:
makeatother

begindocument
 Lorem~:
 begindescription
 item[Dolor] sit
 enddescription
enddocument

answered Dec 25 '18 at 15:03

leandriis

8,3221529

Line 932 of amsart.cls contains the following line

newcommanddescriptionlabel[1]hspacelabelsep upshapebfseries #1:

that explicitly inserts a colon directly after the optional argument of item.

You can use the code in the following example to determine if babel was loaded using the french option. If this is true, an unbreakble space ~ is added before the colon.

documentclassamsart
usepackage[french]babel

makeatletter
@ifpackagewithbabelfrenchrenewcommanddescriptionlabel[1]hspacelabelsep upshapebfseries #1~:
makeatother

begindocument
 Lorem~:
 begindescription
 item[Dolor] sit
 enddescription
enddocument

answered Dec 25 '18 at 15:03

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answered Dec 25 '18 at 15:03

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