Re: tiny correction to NR

[Graham Percival]

On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 04:03:26PM -0400, James Lowe wrote:
> Vicente,
> 
> On 20/09/2010 19:30, Vicente Solsona wrote:
> > if you are getting an extra page just because the \f in the example (and
> > this happens often), using extra-offset won't decrease the vertical spacing
> > and you will keep getting that extra page. the spacing engine still counts
> > the extra space taken by the \f as it was before the tweak, and the next
> > system will be placed exactly at the same position, not closer (at least in
> > 2.12 it surely does).
> 
> Yes you are correct - I did a few tests of my own that verify this.
> 
> I understand the reason why this example is not correct in this context.

Thanks Vicente and James; excellent exchange.

IIRC there's properties like V-offset and H-offset, which *are*
taken into account by the spacing engine.  Vicente: could you look
into this?  James: once he gets back to you, make a patch (but you
knew that already :).

Cheers,
- Graham