[tex-live] TL2004 vs TL2003 change
Olaf Weber
olaf at infovore.xs4all.nl
Sat Oct 16 12:44:23 CEST 2004
David Kastrup writes:
> Gerben Wierda <Gerben.Wierda at rna.nl> writes:
>> One user reported:
>> Begin forwarded message:
>>> PS: What was a bit unexpected was that the pagebreaks changed;
>>> which creates a bit of extra work for me, since I am in the final
>>> stages with the biggie, and nicely accommodating 250 floats can be a
>>> pain. I am not complaining, am just surprised.
>> Should that have happened?
> Depends on what packages where used, and most importantly, whether the
> OP used the -src-specials option. In the latter case, all bets are
> off: page breaks may change from version to version at their leasure,
> and of course also when compared to without the option.
> In TeXlive7, we even had indentation after chapter and section
> headings.
Or to put it differently, the -src-specials option is broken (affects
the layout in some cases). Trying to fix it broke it in a different
and worse way, so those changes were backed out. But it is still
broken, and it looks like it would require major surgery to tex to do
a comprehensive fix.
--
Olaf Weber
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