Xerox Printer Specifying the base gap, Specifying the interword multiplier, Interword Spaceis

USING HFDL COMMANDS

Specifying the base gap

The base gap for text not fully justified is always ASCII code point X`20', the ªblankº.

The base gap for fully justified text is determined by the SPACING operand of the COMPILE command. If SPACING is specified in the JCL for such a job, the base gap is the EN space.

If SPACING is specified in the JCL for a job which does not include fully justified text, SPACING is not used, and the base gap remains ACSII code point X`20', the ªblankº.

For an example of how to specify the SPACING operand, refer to the ªCommand syntaxº section of the ªManaging and printing sample formsº chapter of this manual.

Specifying the interword multiplier

The INTERWORD command specifies the interword multiplier in the formula above. The command is not an FDL command; it will not work on a form compiled at the printer.

Figure 3±22 shows the syntax for the INTERWORD command.

Figure 3±22. INTERWORD command syntax

INTERWORD

n ;

SPACEIS

n is the interword multiplier used to determine the interword gap. This value is multiplied by the base gap.

Examples:

INTERWORD SPACE IS 0.8;

INTERWORD 0.8;

Using SPACING and INTERWORD together

For justified text, use the SPACING operand of the COMPILE command along with the INTERWORD command to specify the size of the interword gap.

Table 3-1 illustrates how the two parameters work together to determine the interword gap.

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