Re: Strange spacing behavior

[Valeriy E. Ushakov]

On Mon, Mar 29, 1999 at 03:52:22PM -0600, Blake McBride wrote:

> @IndentedDisplay @F lines @Break {
> > @B{(if (= 3 4)
>       8
>       9)}
> 9
> }

> Why would adding "@B{" to one line effect positioning on other lines?
> Why two spaces?  Why did it shift the output to the right?



Because of the "where one object can go - any object can go" rule.
Adding @B the way you did effectively transforms your display into:

    ">" @B { "(if (= 3 4)" //1v "      8" //1v "      9)" } //1v "9"

I.e. the text inside @B is a paragraph itself formatted in `lines'
mode and then the result object is used in

    lines @Break {
    > <a whole paragraph>
    9
    }

The two spaced are the width of "> ".
Hope this answers your question.

Try instead:

    @IndentedDisplay @F lines @Break {
    > @B{"(if (= 3 4)"}
    @B{"      8"}
    @B{"      9)"}
    9
    }

SY, Uwe
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