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|                               horizontalspace                               |
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Abbreviation:  ã|\hsã%
 
Parameters:    ã|units of measureã%
 
    ã|Description:ã%
The amount  of blank space in  a line can be  varied by the \horizontalspace
markup.   This markup works only  within the current line;  no space will be
carried over if too little remains at the end of the line.
 
    ã|Example:ã%
 
Our barbecues are brick. Our poetry is concrete:
\bqb\nin
\horizontalspace{84pt}pillow tectonics
\hs{48pt}during sleep
\hs{18pt}pillows come together
 
\hs{24pt}and move apart
\hs{18pt}like continental plates
\hs{36pt}mountain ranges
\hs{18pt}rise and fall
\hs{24pt}oceans
\hs{18pt}rise and fall
\bqe
\nin Like Gypsum Lee Ooze, art mimics geology.
\par
 
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|                                                                             |
| Our barbecues are brick.  Our poetry is concrete:                           |
|                                                                             |
|                  pillow tectonics        during sleep    pillows come       |
|      together      and  move   apart     like  continental   plates         |
|      mountain ranges   rise and fall     oceans   rise and fall             |
|                                                                             |
| Like Gypsum Lee Ooze, art mimics geology.                                   |
|                                                                             |
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    ã|Notes:ã%
\horizontalspace can be used in \settabs and \halign.
    If  you are  using  \monospace,  then  the units  of  measure  should be
specified in tenths of an inch or in em's.