[latex] LaTeX: Prevent line break in a span of text

How can I prevent LaTeX from inserting linebreaks in my \texttt{...} or \url{...} text regions? There's no spaces inside I can replace with ~, it's just breaking on symbols.

Update: I don't want to cause line overflows, I'd just rather LaTeX insert linebreaks before these regions rather than inside them.

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The answer is


Surround it with an \mbox{}


Define myurl command:


\def\myurl{\hfil\penalty 100 \hfilneg \hbox}

I don't want to cause line overflows, 
I'd just rather LaTeX insert linebreaks before 
\myurl{\tt http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1012799/} 
regions rather than inside them.


Also, if you have two subsequent words in regular text and you want to avoid a line break between them, you can use the ~ character.

For example:

As we can see in Fig.~\ref{BlaBla}, there is nothing interesting to see. A~better place..

This can ensure that you don't have a line starting with a figure number (without the Fig. part) or with an uppercase A.


Use \nolinebreak

\nolinebreak[number]

The \nolinebreak command prevents LaTeX from breaking the current line at the point of the command. With the optional argument, number, you can convert the \nolinebreak command from a demand to a request. The number must be a number from 0 to 4. The higher the number, the more insistent the request is.

Source: http://www.personal.ceu.hu/tex/breaking.htm#nolinebreak