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   HenHanna wrote:   
      
   > the name  \ldots  is a bit goofy, isn't it?   
      
   Without amsmath package \dots and \ldots is the same.   
      
   The l in \ldots indicates that the dots are lowered to the baseline of   
   the line of text in contrast to what you get with \cdots in mathmode   
   where c shall indicate that dots are sort of vertically centered as they   
   are vertically alligned with the math-axis of the line of text. The   
   math-axis in turn is where e.g. the horizontal bar of a fraction or the   
   horizontal bar of + or - would occur.   
      
      
   > Within a sentence, i think i have to use it   
   >   like this  \ldots\  Or otherwise, there'd be no space after the 3 dots.   
      
   \ldots in the LaTeX kernel is defined as   
      
   \DeclareRobustCommand{\dots}{%   
      \ifmmode\mathellipsis\else\textellipsis\fi}   
   \let\ldots\dots   
      
   \DeclareTextCommandDefault{\textellipsis}{%   
       .\kern\fontdimen3\font   
       .\kern\fontdimen3\font   
       .\kern\fontdimen3\font}   
      
   So both between the first and the second dot and between the second and   
   the third dot and behind the third dot you get a horizontal kern   
   corresponding to \fontdimen3, which denotes the maximum   
   stretchability-component of interword space.   
      
      
   > At the end of a Sentence,  it's usually used like this, \ldots . (?)   
   >   
   >              or more like this below?   
   >                                            \ldots~.   
   >   
      
   Robert Bringhurst, The Elements of Typographical Style:   
      
   | 5.2.7 Use ellipses that fit the font.   
   |   
   | Most digital fonts now include, among other things, a prefabricated   
   | ellipsis (a row of three baseline dots). Many typographers   
   | nevertheless prefer to make their own. Some prefer to set the three   
   | dots flush … with a normal word space before and after. Others prefer   
   | . . . to add thin spaces between the dots. Thick spaces (á´   
   /3) are   
   | prescribed by the Chicago Manual of Style, but these are another   
   | Victorian eccentricity. In most contexts, the Chicago ellipsis is much   
   | too wide.   
   |   
   | Flush-set ellipses work well with some faces, but in text work they   
   | are usually too narrow. Especially at small sizes, it is generally   
   | better to add space (as much as á´   
   /5) between the dots. Extra space   
   | may also look best in the midst of light, open letterforms, such as   
   | Baskerville, and less space in the company of a dark font, just as   
   | Trajanus, or when setting in bold face. (The ellipsis generally used   
   | in this book is part of the font and sets as a single character.)   
   |   
   | In English (but usually not in French), when the ellipsis occurs at   
   | the end of a sentence, a fourth dot, the period, is added and the   
   | space at the beginning of the ellipsis disappears. . . . When the   
   | ellipsis combines with a comma, exclamation mark or question mark, the   
   | same typographical principle applies. Otherwise, a word space is   
   | required fore and aft. When it combines with other punctuation, in (as   
   | it always does at the end of a sentence) the ellipsis, in English, is   
   | also punctuation. On its own, it is a graphic word. The kerning table   
   | must include it and the glyphs it sits next to.   
      
      
   Sincerely   
      
   Ulrich   
      
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