% TSP.TEX

% Marek Ry\'cko

% Macro \tsp
% Text SPace

% uses SPLIT.TEX

% version 0.0 24.07.1993
% version 0.2,  8.10.1993
%   -- no \input map
% version 0.3 1.5.1996
%   -- english description


% uses SPLIT
% uses MAP


\def\tsp
    %#1%
    {\map
        {\ifx\mapcur\space
            \hskip\tspsp\relax
        \else
            \mapcur
            % if it is not the last element -- join using kern:
            \ifx\mappost\empty \else
                % ``future'' is nonempty;
                % we put interletter spacing only if
                % next character is not space:
                \split\mappost\tsptest\fool
                \ifx\tsptest\space
                    % will be space, don't put glue:
                \else
                    % not kern to make it streachable:
                    \nobreak\hskip\tsplet\relax
                \fi
            \fi
        \fi
        }% the end of first parameter
        %{#1}%
    }
% default parameters:
% the amount of space in place of the space character:
    \def\tspsp  {0.9em plus.3em minus.2em}
% distance between letters:
    \def\tsplet {.1666667em}%