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`@w'{TEXT}: Prevent Line Breaks
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  `@w{TEXT}' outputs TEXT and prohibits line breaks within TEXT.

  You can use the `@w' command to prevent TeX from automatically
hyphenating a long name or phrase that happens to fall near the end of a
line.  For example:

     You can copy GNU software from @w{@samp{ftp.gnu.org}}.

produces

     You can copy GNU software from `ftp.gnu.org'.

  You can also use `@w' to produce a non-breakable space:

     None of the formatters will break at this@w{ }space.