Re: Forced space

db wrote:

In a text I'm writing, I have this line
 
is \begin{otherlanguage}{russian}река \end{otherlanguage}\;(rieka),
 
If I don't put the \; in and put a space in instead, there is
no space after compiling. As it is with \;, there is a space,
but now "(rieka)" is highlighted yellow. How come? What is the
best way to force a space where I have that \; ?

You do not provide sufficient information for reproducing and tracking
down the problem. Therefore the only option is resorting to guesswork:

Probably \end{otherlanguage} does \ignorespacesafterend.

What happens when you do:

\newcommand\myspacemacro{ }
...
\begin{otherlanguage}{russian}река\end{otherlanguage}\myspacemacro(rieka),

?

Or:

\newcommand\foo[1]{#1}
...
\begin{otherlanguage}{russian}река\end{otherlanguage}\foo{ }(rieka),

?

Your remark about yellow highlighting does not provide useful
information at all as it is not clear what exactly you look at and what
programs you use and what packages/tools you might use for achieving
whatsoever highlighting.

Ulrich