On Fri, 08 Mar 2002 21:33:49 +1100 "Daniel Pittman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I am curious -- why should I avoid the space between the \blackrule and
> the \hfil?  As far as I could tell it worked just fine with the space
> and, as far as I know, TeX should be in the space skipping state when it
> completes the execution of the \blackrule...

TeX is not in space skipping mode there. Here is the contents of the box:

\hbox(0.5+0.3)x426.78743, glue set 147.41664fil
.\glue 0.0 plus 1.0fil
.\rule(0.5+0.3)x128.03752
.\glue 3.91663 plus 1.95831 minus 1.30554
.\glue 0.0 plus 1.0fil

 
-- 
groeten,

Taco

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