On Sat, Dec 06, 2025 at 11:28:53PM +0000, Gavin Smith wrote:
> One page 6 of the output from running "pdflatex test-part.tex", you can
> see the problem with the heading. The \\ inserts hfill glue or similar which
> creates a huge space between "Part I" and "One". "Part I One" is supposed
> to be aligned to the right of the page but there is so much space that
> "Part I" ends up being centred.
>
> I fixed this in texinfo.tex by using an \ifinner conditional:
>
> % @* forces a line break.
>
> % In internal horizontal or vertical mode, convert explicit line breaks
>
> % from @* into spaces. For instance, if the user gives these in long
>
> % section titles, this may occur in the table of contents, or the page
>
> % heading line.
>
> \def\*{%
>
> \ifinner\unskip\space\ignorespaces
>
> \else\unskip\hfil\break\hbox{}\ignorespaces\fi}
>
> The same might work for LaTeX output.
I used something like that, but keeping the same end of line as
previously. It seems to work well for me for your test and I also
checked the output of other @* tests, which looks ok to me.
--
Pat
