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% frenchb.4ht                          2001-12-14-17:07 %
% Copyright (C) 2001            Eitan M. Gurari         %
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\immediate\write-1{version 2001-12-14-17:07}

\def\frenchb:shorthand#1#2#3#4{%
  \ifhmode
     \ifdim \lastskip >\z@ \unskip \penalty \@M
        \csname a:#1-#2\endcsname#3\csname b:#1-#2\endcsname
     \else
        \csname a:#1-#2\endcsname#4\csname b:#1-#2\endcsname
  \fi \fi }

\def\:temp{\leavevmode \nobreak \csname a:system-nbsp\endcsname\ \csname
                  b:system-nbsp\endcsname}
\expandafter\HLet\csname \system@group @sh@\string ~@\endcsname=\:temp
\AtBeginDocument{%
 \def\:temp{\frenchb:shorthand{frenchb}{nbsp}{\ }{\FDP@space}\string :}%
 \expandafter\HLet\csname\language@group @sh@\string :@\endcsname=\:temp
 \def\:temp{\frenchb:shorthand{frenchb}{thinspace}
                              {\thinspace }{\FDP@thinspace}\string ;}%
 \expandafter\HLet\csname\language@group @sh@\string ;@\endcsname=\:temp
 \def\:temp{\frenchb:shorthand{frenchb}{thinspace}
                              {\thinspace }{\FDP@thinspace}\string !}%
 \expandafter\HLet\csname\language@group @sh@\string !@\endcsname=\:temp
 \def\:temp{\frenchb:shorthand{frenchb}{thinspace}
                              {\thinspace }{\FDP@thinspace}\string ?}%
 \expandafter\HLet\csname\language@group @sh@\string ?@\endcsname=\:temp
}
\NewConfigure{frenchb-nbsp}{2}
\NewConfigure{frenchb-thinspace}{2}
\NewConfigure{system-nbsp}{2}
\catcode`\:=13
\expandafter\let\csname protect\string:\endcsname=:
\expandafter\def\csname active\string
    :prefix\endcsname#1{\protect#1\ifx#1:{}\fi}
\catcode`\:=11

\Hinput{frenchb}
\endinput

