X-VM-v5-Data: ([nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil] ["708" "Thu" "17" "February" "1994" "09:15:12" "-0500" "bbeeton" "BNB@MATH.AMS.ORG" nil "13" "Re: Query about \\textheight computation" "^Date:" nil nil "2" nil nil nil nil]) Return-Path: Received: from sc.ZIB-Berlin.DE (mailserv) by dagobert.ZIB-Berlin.DE (4.1/SMI-4.0/24.6.93) id AA04077; Thu, 17 Feb 94 15:22:09 +0100 Received: from mail.cs.tu-berlin.de by sc.ZIB-Berlin.DE (4.1/SMI-4.0-sc/03.06.93) id AA08689; Thu, 17 Feb 94 15:21:37 +0100 Received: from tubvm.cs.tu-berlin.de by mail.cs.tu-berlin.de with SMTP id AA08139 (5.65c8/IDA-1.4.4(mail.m4[1.12]) for <@MAIL.CS.TU-BERLIN.DE:Schoepf@SC.ZIB-BERLIN.DE>); Thu, 17 Feb 1994 15:21:35 +0100 Message-Id: <199402171421.AA08139@mail.cs.tu-berlin.de> Received: from TUBVM.CS.TU-BERLIN.DE by tubvm.cs.tu-berlin.de (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 9884; Thu, 17 Feb 94 15:21:19 +0200 Received: from VM.URZ.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE (NJE origin MAILER@DHDURZ1) by TUBVM.CS.TU-BERLIN.DE (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 9883; Thu, 17 Feb 1994 15:21:19 +0200 Received: from VM.URZ.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE (NJE origin LISTSERV@DHDURZ1) by VM.URZ.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 0095; Thu, 17 Feb 1994 15:20:34 +0000 Reply-To: Mailing list for the LaTeX2e Betatest In-Reply-To: <01H8ZDXRPUOI9OE6MH@MATH.AMS.ORG> Date: Thu, 17 Feb 1994 09:15:12 -0500 From: bbeeton Sender: Mailing list for the LaTeX2e Betatest To: Multiple recipients of list LATEX-2E Subject: Re: Query about \textheight computation Status: R X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 1573 mike piff asks why the textheight should be computed so that a whole number of baselineskips fits into the textheight area, since math distorts the layout so that there's not always an same number of lines on each page. mike -- tex is not *just* for math. in text-only applications, designers often specify that there is to be no stretch between paragraphs, and if the textheight hasn't been calculated in the manner described, this invariably results in distracting and unnecessary "underfull box (10000)" messages. it is a sensible procedure to design the page for the most restrictive case; all less restrictive uses are much more readily adapted. -- bb