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Date:         Tue, 17 Jul 90 17:39:25 CET
Reply-To: LaTeX-L Mailing list <LATEX-L%DHDURZ1@unido.bitnet>
From: bbeeton <BNB@MATH.AMS.COM>
Subject:      Re: two-column output
To: Rainer Schoepf <BK4@DHDURZ1.uucp>
Status: R
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nico,
i've taken a quick look at latex.tex (i haven't looked at the multicol
definitions, which may be different, but you didn't say you were using
those, so i assume you're not).  i can't see any evidence that any
column-length calculations are made based on baselineskip.  (in fact,
i would have been surprised if there were.)
it looks like length calculations are made in \@addtodblcol (very near
the end of latex.tex), and that might be a place to make modifications
using the baselineskip and topskip values to assure that the page box
always holds an integer number of lines.  but it doesn't look easy ...
has anyone else got any insights into this?
                                                -- bb