Matthias Schleiff wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm a newbe to ConTeXt but have allready done some documents in LaTeX. Want
> to switch to ConTeXt.
>
> There's something that I neither find in the manuals nor at contextgarden.
> Maybe you could help?!
>
> To realize my micro-typographic needs I'm using LaTeX-commands for defined,
> possibly non-breakable, horizontal spaces. Those are \, \enspace \quad and
> \hspace{0.25em} or \hspace*{0.125em}.
> Now when testing with contextlive @ contextgarden the commands \, \enspace
> \quad seem to work. Are they plainTeX? But what about \hspace ?
>
> It would be cool to have something like \hspace*{0.125em} in ConTeXt.
> Is there something like it or a way to make it work or to define it on my own?
>
\definehspace[notthatbig][.123456em]
\definehspace[ratherbig] [12.3456em]
test \hspace[notthatbig] test \hspace[ratherbig] test
so, it's a symbolic definition
vertical spacing is done with blank (and \defineblank)
watch how hspace cleans up preceding spaces and ignores following ones
Hans
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