Macro shifts to the right

Question

Every time I'm using this macro it shifts to the right. Why?

\newcommand*{\addLine}[1]{
    \begin{tikzpicture}[overlay, remember picture]
        \coordinate (x) at (#1,0);
        \draw [open triangle 45-] (0,0) -- (x);
    \end{tikzpicture}
}

Edit

Well, I adapted my real macro (I just provided a smaller example for the sake of demonstration), but I still have a little gap:

    \newcommand*{\AddNote}[4]{%
    \begin{tikzpicture}[overlay, remember picture]%
                \coordinate (x) at (#2,0);
                \coordinate (a) at ($(x)!(#1.north)!($(x)+(0,1)$)$);
                \coordinate (b) at ($(a)+(0.5,0)$);
                \coordinate (c) at ($(b)+(0,#3)$);
                \draw [open triangle 45-] (a) -- (b) -- (c);
                \node[right] at (c) {\bf\sffamily\smaller#4};
    \end{tikzpicture}%
    }

Try \newcommand*{addLine}[1]{% and \end{tikzpicture}%. I'm not sure what packages are required to get your example to compile, so I can't test. Possibly also a % after remember picture]% — Scott H., Dec 10 '12 at 19:31

score 8 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:35

8

Your macro is introducing spurious spaces. See Why the end-of-line % in macro definitions

With comment chars:

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Without comment chars:

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{arrows}
\newcommand*{\addLine}[1]{% <--- a space is introduced without this %
    \begin{tikzpicture}[overlay, remember picture]
        \coordinate (x) at (#1,0);
        \draw [open triangle 45-] (0,0) -- (x);
    \end{tikzpicture}% <--- a space is introduced without this %
}
\begin{document}
\addLine{1}\addLine{1}
\end{document}

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:35

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answered Dec 10 '12 at 19:38

Scott H.

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I always wondered what's the matter of this :D – Matthias Dec 10 '12 at 19:55
Now you know! They're easy enough to miss, see for example, http://tex.stackexchange.com/a/86265/14100 – Scott H. Dec 10 '12 at 19:59
Hi Scott: I think there's another problem. Please have a look on my edits. – Matthias Dec 10 '12 at 20:04
I'm super-flashed: I put a % to the end of the macro usage. Now the gap is gone... Is this the correct approach? – Matthias Dec 10 '12 at 20:11
Yes, I believe you are having the same issue in document. – Scott H. Dec 10 '12 at 20:14

Macro shifts to the right

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