Werner Lemberg wrote: > > 8: I found a discussion about making the linebreaking algorithm > > paragraph-based (as in TeX)? Can this be done or has it been done > > already? > > It hasn't been done. The lack of elastic horizontal and > vertical space together with missing paragraph formatting are > indeed typographical handicaps.
Werner, Thank you for your replies. I agree that the lack of a paragraph-based line-breaking algorithm indeed is a handicap. Most times, a paragraph-based algorithm outputs better typesetting. > > 12: If the last line on a page has a footnote reference, > what happens > > in groff? Does the footnote get printed on the next page, > or does the > > last line move over to the next page, so that the footnote > reference > > and the footnote get printed at the same page? This is > something many > > programs have severe problems with. > > Without actually testing I think that you can write macros so > that the last line moves over to the next page. Sounds promising! Another general groff question: Does groff handle floats, i.e. graphics that does not necessarily need to be inserted at a specific point on the page but are allowed to queue until there is enough space to put them without getting alot of white space? I found a a few references to floats in the UTP book, but only in relation to something called "displays". Best regards, Mats Broberg _______________________________________________ Groff mailing list Groff@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/groff
