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15.6 @tie{}
: Inserting an Unbreakable Space
The @tie{}
command produces a normal interword space at which
a line break may not occur. Always write it with following (empty)
braces, as usual for commands used within a paragraph. Here’s an
example:
@TeX{} was written by Donald E.@tie{}Knuth.
produces:
TeX was written by Donald E. Knuth.
There are two important differences between @tie{}
and
@w{ }
:
-
The space produced by
@tie{}
will stretch and shrink slightly along with the normal interword spaces in the paragraph; the space produced by@w{ }
will not vary. -
@tie{}
allows hyphenation of the surrounding words, while@w{ }
inhibits hyphenation of those words (for TeXnical reasons, namely that it produces an ‘\hbox’).
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