[apt4ssx8] Re: typo review for twopt - a nitpick regarding my answer

  • From: Jon Elson <elson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: apt4ssx8@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2012 11:45:47 -0500

Kent A. Reed wrote:
On 7/5/2012 11:03 AM, Kent A. Reed wrote:
2. use "\hspace{}" to introduce a measured space

\end{bmatrix}\hspace{2em}x_{2},y_{2},

There's a tingling in my scalp telling me we may need a space between "2" and "em" to keep the LaTeX processor happy. It's been a long time since I used LaTeX and I've forgotten when the parser eats white space and when it doesn't.
No, actually, I think space measurements require there NOT to be a space between the value and the units. I do invoices and quotes in bare TeX, and have several
measurements that are all done like
\halign to 9.5in{   }
or
\twelve\baselineskip=14pt

I've been using TeX since the early 80s, but still only know the smallest part of it.
But, it sure makes good looking output.

Jon

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