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In dialogues I often need to use the form \enquote{---\,Lorem ipsum dolor}. But sometimes, when the quote begins toward the end of a line, I get an ugly rendering like this:

d sse lectus lorem sit amet et consectetur quia adipit erit et « —

Lorem ipum dolor »

This is a minimal example of this behaviour:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[french]{babel}
\RequirePackage[babel=true]{csquotes}
\begin{document}
d sse lectus lorem ipsum quia dolor sit amet et consectetur quia adipit     \enquote{---\,Lorem ipsum dolor}
\end{document}

As you see, i use an \, between the long dash and the following word but the line is breaked in the rending. I get the same behavior with ~.

So, how can I force the whole chain “« — Lorem” to be in the same line?

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    \mbox{\enquote{---\,Lorem ipsum dolor}} – Bobyandbob Apr 4 '17 at 4:30
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    An excellent MWE, by the way! – Mico Apr 4 '17 at 5:52
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First solution

Mico's answers are good, but here's one that doesn't require any packages.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{csquotes}

\newcommand{\denquote}[1]{%
   \enquote{\mbox{---\,}\ignorespaces#1}}

\begin{document}

% orig. form of "paragraph"
d sse lectus lorem ipsum quia dolor sit amet et consectetur 
quia adipit \enquote{---\,Lorem ipsum dolor}

% with \denquote
d sse lectus lorem ipsum quia dolor sit amet et consectetur 
quia adipit \denquote{Lorem ipsum dolor}

\end{document}

output of example code

i threw in the \ignorespaces just in case the input isn't careful, and begins with a typed space.

Second solution

You can also create the macro \longdash you could use anywhere you need dash and not especially in \enquote command:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[french]{babel}
\RequirePackage[babel=true]{csquotes}

\newcommand\longdash{\mbox{---\,}\ignorespaces{}}
\begin{document}
d sse lectus lorem ipsum quia dolor sit amet et consectetur quia adipit     \enquote{---\,Lorem ipsum dolor}

d sse lectus lorem ipsum quia dolor sit amet et consectetur quia adipit     \enquote{\longdash{}Lorem ipsum dolor}
\end{document}
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  • I modify you’re answer to add a second solution based on your own one. The second solution seems better for me. – fauve Apr 5 '17 at 1:46
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I suggest you load the amsmath package use its \nobreakdash macro as follows:

\enquote{\nobreakdash---\,Lorem ipsum dolor}

A full MWE:

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath} % for "\nobreakdash" macro
\usepackage[french]{babel}
\RequirePackage[babel=true]{csquotes}
\begin{document}

% orig. form of "paragraph"
d sse lectus lorem ipsum quia dolor sit amet et consectetur 
quia adipit \enquote{---\,Lorem ipsum dolor}

% with \nobreakdash immed. before "---"
d sse lectus lorem ipsum quia dolor sit amet et consectetur 
quia adipit \enquote{\nobreakdash---\,Lorem ipsum dolor}

\end{document}
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  • seems to me that the babel approach might also suppress breaks after hyphens where they would be not only unobjectionable but desirable. – barbara beeton Apr 4 '17 at 13:43
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    in the screenshot there is an inserted hyphen at the position of \babelhyphen{nobreak}, is that intentional? – Marijn Apr 4 '17 at 14:06
  • @Marijn - Thanks for pointing out this issue -- I hadn't noticed it myself. Let me look into what's going on. – Mico Apr 4 '17 at 14:22
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    @Marijn - I rewrote the answer and dropped the \babelhyphen{break} method. – Mico Apr 4 '17 at 14:33
  • @barbarabeeton - Thanks. Based on your comment and the one by @Marijn, I decided to rewrite the answer and drop the \babelhyphen{break} method. – Mico Apr 4 '17 at 14:34

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