Command/filler

\filler

Summary

The command \filler is used to fill in symbols between text elements.

Settings

\filler[...]
[...]	sym symbol rule width space name

Examples

example from the source

• \definefiller[test-a][alternative=stretch]
  \definefiller[test-b][alternative=symbol,symbol=!]
  \definefiller[test-c][alternative=rule,height=.1ex,leftmargin=.5em,rightmargin=.25em]
  
  text\filler[test-a]text \par
  text\filler[test-b]text \par
  text\filler[test-c]text \par
  text\checkedfiller{}text \par
  

  gives

• 

example from the mailing list

• \definefiller[dots]  [right=\hskip\zeropoint\strut]
  \definefiller[radots][left=\dontleavehmode,right=\hskip\zeropoint\strut]
  
  one \filler[dots] two\par
  \filler[radots] three
  

  gives

• 

(Hans Hagen, 2025-09-24; doesn’t work with the wiki’s LMTX installation from 2025-02-19)

See also

• spac-flr.mkiv
• \definefiller

Help from ConTeXt-Mailinglist/Forum

All issues with:

• \filler on the mailing list (all results)
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• \filler on stack exchange
• \filler in ConTeXt's source