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For example, -<pre> - <tt>... in Table~2 and Fig.~3 ...</tt> -</pre> - -<h2>Controlling Space in Text</h2> - -The ends of words and sentences are marked -in the input by one or more spaces. LaTeX -treats multiple spaces as if they were a single space. An end of line -is also equivalent to a space; however, you can end a line -<em>without</em> a space by using a -<a href="ltx-434.html"><tt>%</tt></a> (anything following the -<tt>%</tt> is considered to be -a comment). LaTeX generally ignores spaces at the beginning of lines. -<p> -Paragraphs are -delineated by a <em>blank line</em> -- one which does not contain even -comments (anything following a -<a href="ltx-434.html"><tt>%</tt></a> until the end of a line is -a comment). See also the <a href="ltx-293.html"><tt>\par</tt></a> -command. -<p> -LaTeX leaves extra space after punctuation, such as the period which -ends a sentence, -but, it uses a very simple rule (periods end sentences unless -they follow a capital letter) so -sometimes it needs a little help in determining when -this is required. (However, see -<a href="frenchsp.html"><tt>\frenchspacing</tt></a>.) -Use -<ul> -<li><a href="ltx-431.html"><tt>\<space></tt></a> to create an ordinary - interword space -<li><a href="ltx-432.html"><tt>\@</tt></a> before punctuation to force an "end of - sentence" space -</ul> -<p> -It is sometimes necessary to add a little additional space, such as between -consecutive single and double <a href="ltx-433.html">quotation marks</a>. -The <a href="ltx-185.html"><tt>\,</tt></a> command can be used for this purpose. -<p> -Also see -<ul> -<li><a href="ltx-430.html">Dashes</a> -<li><a href="ellipses.html">Ellipses</a> -<li><a href="ltx-433.html">Quotation Marks</a> -<li><a href="ltx-118.html">Spacing in Math Mode</a> -</ul> - -<h2>Spaces after Commands</h2> - -Most LaTeX commands consist of a <tt>\</tt> followed by a string of -letters. The end of such commands is indicated by a nonletter, i.e., -a number, a punctuation mark, a space, or the end of the line. If the -command produces text and you want a space to follow this text, you cannot -just leave a space after the command; that space is treated as the -end-of-command signal and several spaces are equivalent to one in LaTeX. -To generate a space after a text-producing command you can use -<a href="ltx-431.html"><tt>\<space></tt></a>. -<p> -For example -<pre> - <tt>I wrote this on <a href="ltx-330.html">\today</a> .</tt> -</pre> -generates "I wrote this on Jul 7, 1995." Note that the spaces -between <tt>\today</tt> and the period in the input do not generate -any space in the output. On the other hand, -<pre> - <tt>\today\ was a good day.</tt> -</pre> -or -<pre> - <tt>\today \ was a good day.</tt> -</pre> -will both produce "Jul 7, 1995 was a good day." The -<a href="ltx-431.html"><tt>\<space></tt></a> -here is necessary to produce space between the date and "was." -<p> -An alternatative is to use braces to terminate the command. For -example, <tt>\today{} was ...</tt> is equivalent to the above. - -<h3>Invisible commands</h3> -Some commands do not produce any output text. LaTeX treats these as -words of zero length and may try to leave spaces both before and -after this "word" which will generally produce an undesirable gap. -This can be avoided by attaching these commands directly to the -preceding word, i.e., leaving no spaces. - -<H2>Some commands which create or manipulate space</H2> -<ul> -<li><A href="ltx-198.html">\addvspace</A> -<li><A href="ltx-206.html">\bigskip</A> -<li><A href="ltx-220.html">\dotfill</A> -<li><A href="ltx-238.html">\hfill</A> -<li><A href="ltx-240.html">\hrulefill</A> -<li><A href="ltx-241.html">\hspace</A> -<li><A href="ltx-266.html">\medskip</A> -<li><A href="ltx-306.html">\rule</A> -<li><A href="ltx-318.html">\smallskip</A> -<li><A href="ltx-345.html">\vfill</A> -<li><A href="ltx-347.html">\vspace</A> -</ul> -See also -<ul> -<li><a href="ltx-118.html">spacing in math mode</a> -</ul> - -<h2>Boxes</h2> -A box is an object which TeX treats as a single character; it is therefore -not broken across lines or pages. -<p> -The following commands create or manipulate boxes -<ul> -<li><A href="ltx-226.html">\fbox</A> -<li><A href="ltx-237.html">\framebox</A> -<li><A href="ltx-262.html">\makebox</A> -<li><A href="ltx-265.html">\mbox</A> -<li><A href="ltx-277.html">\newsavebox</A> -<li><A href="ltx-294.html">\parbox</A> -<li><A href="ltx-302.html">\raisebox</A> -<li><A href="ltx-307.html">\savebox</A> -<li><A href="ltx-307.html">\sbox</A> -<li><A href="ltx-337.html">\usebox</A> -</ul> - -<hr> -Back to the <a href="ltx-2.html">Table of Contents</a> -<hr> -<address> -Revised: Sheldon Green, 29 Sep 1995. -</address> -</body> -</html> |