Minimal distance in dotfill

Question

I'm generating an index with dotfills, such that my ind looks like this (extract):

\item\raggedright l\IeC {\`e}pre\dotfill \transform{21}
\item\raggedright libre arbitre\dotfill \transform{1}
\item\raggedright louange\dotfill \transform{245}, \transform{253}

In this case, \transform{245} and \transform{253} just fit on the line with louange, resulting in this:

index touching

Here is a MWE reproducing such a behavior:

\documentclass{article}

\begin{document}

\parbox{3.4cm}{
\LaTeX\dotfill powerful, useful
}

\end{document}

which gives me:

dotfill... without dots

How could I ensure a minimal distance between louange and the first entry, having 9 septembre move to the next line in this case?

do you want 9 septembre to be continued on the left, or set flush right? — barbara beeton, Dec 13 '12 at 20:33

score 12 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 13 '12 at 19:51

12

 {\def\hfill{\hskip 10pt plus 1fill}\dotfill}

will be at least 10pt.

answered Dec 13 '12 at 19:51

David Carlisle

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This solution does not work for me. When adding this into the preamble an error yields: Missing \begin{document}. {\def\hfill{\hskip 10pt plus 1fill}\dotfill} – bmv Nov 22 '20 at 13:06
@bmv impossible to say anything just given that information. If you have an error make a complete small test document and post as a question not as a comment on an year old post. – David Carlisle Nov 22 '20 at 13:23

Minimal distance in dotfill

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