TGAL Manual

JOIN Command
TGAL Commands
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Examples
These examples show using TGAL to join lines with punctuation and with an
overprinted line.
1. When you use the JOIN command, TGAL puts two spaces after final punctuation
and one space after a comma.
\JOIN ON
To be, or not to be: that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
Any by opposing end them? To die: to sleep;
No more
\JOIN OFF
TGAL produces:
To be, or not to be: that is the question: Whether ‘tis
nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of
outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep; No more
2. TGAL joins lines that end with a hyphenated word. It leaves dashes intact.
\JOIN ON
To be, or not to be: that is the ques-
tion:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suf-
fer the slings and arrows of out-
rageous fortune, Or to take arms
against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them?
To die: to sleep;
No more---
\JOIN OFF
TGAL produces:
To be, or not to be: that is the question: Whether ‘tis
nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of out-
rageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep; No more---