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[Frank <address@hidden>]

Hi all,

I am not sure whether they correspond to the following functionality: for 
example, I need to put two spaces, of length 2*l and 3*l like

x (2*l spaces) x (3*l spaces) x

Then the first x and the last x are at the left margin and the right margin, 
and the l is calculated so that 5*l+(length of three x's) = 1par, for example.

This is realized by "x\hspace{\stretch2}x\hspace{\stretch3}x", if I am not 
mistaken.

I am now trying to mimic some behavior of LaTeX because I plan to understand 
whether it is possible to emulate this behavior in TeXmacs instead of 
inserting a precompiled PDF from LaTeX. These kinds of stretches are not used 
in main articles.

Best wishes,
Frank

On 5/28/21, TeXmacs wrote:
> Hi Frank,
>
> On Fri, May 28, 2021 at 04:18:14PM +0200, Frank wrote:
> > I wonder whether it is possible to stretch the horizontal and vertical spaces 
> > with respect to a ratio, similar to \hfill and \vfill or \hspace{\stretch 2} 
> > and \vspace{\stretch 3}, etc. in LaTeX?
>
> All spaces are stretchable in TeXmacs;
> you can specify a minimum, default, and maximum space.
> There are also horizontal tabs.
>
> Contrary to LaTeX, you can also have stretchable vertical spaces by the way,
> which is useful for global page breaking (which LaTeX cannot do).
>
> Best wishes, --Joris