Re: TOC cuts long titles in middle for texi2pdf

[Christopher Dimech]

Can cutting be done this way? It is not as the simplistic operation
as cutting by half.

Regards
Christopher

> Sent: Monday, November 02, 2020 at 10:33 PM
> From: "Christopher Dimech" <dimech@gmx.com>
> To: "Gavin Smith" <gavinsmith0123@gmail.com>
> Cc: "help-texinfo gnu" <help-texinfo@gnu.org>
> Subject: Re: TOC cuts long titles in middle for texi2pdf
>
> To cut it from the word that would not fit by a spacing of say two dots from 
> the page
> number.  However, if that would result in just one word, cut it such that 
> there are at
> least two or three words
>
> Example:
>
> From This
>
> > > --------------------------------------------
> > > 1.5 Firing Commands with Arguments . . . . . . .  . .  9
> > > 1.5.1 Easiest way to pass a Numeric
> >>      Argument using Universal Prefix. . . . . . .  . . 10
> > > --------------------------------------------------
>
> To This (which also gives indication of a long title)
>
> > > --------------------------------------------
> > > 1.5 Firing Commands with Arguments . . . . . . .  . .  9
> > > 1.5.1 Easiest way to pass a Numeric Argument using
> >>      Universal Prefix . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . 10
> > > --------------------------------------------------
>
> > Sent: Monday, November 02, 2020 at 10:17 PM
> > From: "Gavin Smith" <gavinsmith0123@gmail.com>
> > To: "Christopher Dimech" <dimech@gmx.com>
> > Cc: "help-texinfo gnu" <help-texinfo@gnu.org>
> > Subject: Re: TOC cuts long titles in middle for texi2pdf
> >
> > On Mon, Nov 02, 2020 at 10:01:23PM +0100, Christopher Dimech wrote:
> > >
> > > Have noticed that in the TOC, when a @subsection title
> > > is long, the title is cut in the middle rather than
> > > continuing a bit before the Page Number, then wrapping
> > > the remaining words on the next line when using texi2pdf.
> > >
> > > @subsection Easiest way to pass a Numeric Argument using Universal Prefix
> > >
> > > texi2pdf file.texi
> > >
> > > --------------------------------------------
> > > 1.5 Firing Commands with Arguments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
> > > . . . . . . . . . . . 9
> > > 1.5.1 Easiest way to pass a Numeric
> > > Argument using Universal Prefix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
> > > . . . . . . . . . 10
> > > --------------------------------------------------
> >
> > What is wrong with this?  The title has to be cut somewhere if it is
> > too long.
> >
> >
>
>