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glue in haligns in TeX (actually LaTeX)

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From: Michael DeCorte
Date: Sat, 24 Dec 1988 02:50
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Hello,

Below is a little halign; but I am having a problem with it.  It seems
that any form of glue that I put into the items is ignored.



%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\halign to\hsize{&#\tabskip=0pt plus 1fil\cr
\hskip 0pt plus 1fill hello&how&are\cr
you&today\cr
}
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

What I want it to do is:
						|<- left margin
hello		how		are		
	     youtoday

what I get is:

						|<- left margin
hello		how		are		
you		today
           ^^^^^
         
My guess is that the second order hskip glue is being ignored because
the first order tabskip glue is being set before the hskip glue is
read.

Is this right? or am I just doing something wrong?

thanks

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Subject: glue in haligns in TeX (actually LaTeX)
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