On Thu, Aug 29, 2002 at 08:58:11AM +0200, Andre Poenitz wrote:

> > Hmm, tricky.  So should I just go back to the old code (for now) ?
> 
> What does the per-char-"correctness" buy us? LaTeX does not do it that way
> anyway (just try  .^x vs 1^x).

It is used in other places too. I'm not sure that it matters. If we can
remove the per-char ascent/descent entirely, color me happy.

> Yes, I have been waiting for people complaining about math sluggishness for
> a year or so. Your mail was the first attempt at that, so it does not seem
> too ad after all.

I don't really use mathed so I'm in no place to comment

regards
john

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