On Sat, Nov 24, 2012 at 1:25 AM, Thomas Morley <
thomasmorle...@googlemail.com> wrote:

> 2012/11/24 Olivier Biot <olivier.b...@gmail.com>:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Is it possible to specify non-integer values for vertical spacing with
> > vspace? I read once that it was possible, but apparently not (anymore) in
> > version 2.16.0 or 2.16.1.
>
> vspace works with integers: \vspace #1 etc
> numbers: \vspace #1.23
> (even \vspace #(* 4 (atan 1)) is valid input)
> and fractions: \vspace #1/2
>

Okay, good to know :-)

> The following does compile without errors but the non-integer values are
> > apparently silently transformed into "1"
>
> No, don't forget that the \center-column-command uses a baseline-skip
> with value 3
> Very little divergations (0.01 or 2/300) will hardly be noticeable.
>

And this is something I was unaware of. I now re-read the documentation of
center-column and indeed it states that property "baseline-skip" is used. I
was not aware of the implication of that note in that section. Boxing the
texts and setting baseline-skip to zero

I'll have to reread the entire documentation now :-)

Many thanks again Thomas!

Best regards,

Olivier
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