TGAL Manual

JOIN Command
TGAL Commands
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JOIN Command Use the JOIN command to join together lines of text so that lines are the length
specified in the OUTLEN command. TGAL fills lines by taking successive words from
your text and placing the words on the same line until it reaches as close as possible to
the right margin or exceeds the right margin if it takes another word. If the line
already exceeds the right margin, TGAL breaks the line at blanks and at hyphens.
Lines separated by a blank line or a TGAL command are not joined.
TGAL puts two spaces after final punctuation: colon, exclamation point, question
mark, and period. If a line ends with a hyphen, TGAL removes the hyphen and makes
one word when it joins the line with the next line. Two hyphens are considered a dash
are are left intact.
The syntax of the JOIN command is:
JOIN










ON
OFF
ON
specifies that all lines between this command and the next JOIN OFF command
are joined.
OFF
specifies that lines are no longer to be joined.
Considerations
The CENTER and BOX commands suppress the joining of lines.
Any command causes a break; that is, TGAL does not join the line that follows the
command with the line which precedes the command. You can use the BREAK
command to cause a break and no other action.
The OV command also causes a break in the text. The overprinted line is not
joined with the previous line, but successive lines are joined with the overprinted
line.
If you do not use this command, TGAL assumes:
JOIN OFF