On Mon, May 09, 2016 at 12:03:20PM +0200, Helge Hafting wrote: > > > Den 07. mai 2016 08:35, skrev Guenter Milde: > > This leaves open the possibility to (re)activate the validator in 2.2.1 > > after a non-rushed discussion. > > > > I still favour allowing values that > > * LaTeX allows, > > * have use cases (maybe rare) and > > * are not "dangerous". > Negative margins has some use cases: > > * Dealing with a printer/driver that add its own margin, or doesn't support > unusual paper sizes > (A better driver is a better fix, but may not be possible.) > * Lining up a sheet of labels. Negative hspace/vspace is an alternative > here. > * Making weird/creative effects where margins go outside the paper and the > text gets clipped.
These do indeed seem like reasonable uses. The commit should now allow such settings without having to use the preamble. Thanks for the ideas. We should keep those uses in mind. Scott
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