17 Apr
2007
17 Apr
'07
11:30 a.m.
Taco Hoekwater
Javier Múgica de Rivera wrote:
I recently needed to typeset a narrow column with some math, so very dificult to find break points resulting in acceptable looking lines. I found that the best solution would be achieved if I had, say, \mathsurround=0pt plus2pt, but \muthsurround is a dimen, not a skip. Is there any particular reason why it is not a glue?
I've been thinking about that. I can't come up with a valid reason other than that dimens are easier to handle internally than skips, but I may have overlooked something.
If there is not, it would be easy to implement, wouldn't it?
Implementation would not be hard, afaict.
Skips require reference counting. That's quite a bookkeeping nuisance. -- David Kastrup