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 7.8.10.2 Horizontal Compositions
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 The ‘choriz’ function takes a vector of objects and composes them
 horizontally.  For example, ‘choriz([17, a b/c, d])’ formats as
 ‘17a b / cd’ in Normal language mode, or as
 
        a b
      17---d
         c
 
 in Big language mode.  This is actually one case of the general function
 ‘choriz(VEC, SEP, PREC)’, where either or both of SEP and PREC may be
 omitted.  PREC gives the “precedence” to use when formatting each of the
 components of VEC.  The default precedence is the precedence from the
 surrounding environment.
 
    SEP is a string (i.e., a vector of character codes as might be
 entered with ‘" "’ notation) which should separate components of the
 composition.  Also, if SEP is given, the line breaker will allow lines
 to be broken after each occurrence of SEP.  If SEP is omitted, the
 composition will not be breakable (unless any of its component
 compositions are breakable).
 
    For example, ‘2 choriz([a, b c, d = e], " + ", 180)’ is formatted as
 ‘2 a + b c + (d = e)’.  To get the ‘choriz’ to have precedence 180
 “outwards” as well as “inwards,” enclose it in a ‘cprec’ form: ‘2
 cprec(choriz(...), 180)’ formats as ‘2 (a + b c + (d = e))’.
 
    The baseline of a horizontal composition is the same as the baselines
 of the component compositions, which are all aligned.
 

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