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[bug #61428] [me] new page-length restriction too restrictive


From: Dave
Subject: [bug #61428] [me] new page-length restriction too restrictive
Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2021 02:52:47 -0500 (EST)
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Follow-up Comment #9, bug #61428 (project groff):

[comment #8 comment #8:]
> [comment #6 comment #6:]
> > I _think_ that by "nominal", all Allman meant was that that
> > distance was as low as the running text could get; we're
> > all familiar with pages that fail to fill due to the text
> > ending, `ne` requests, keeps, and so on.
> 
> That's my reading of the intent there as well.

Actually, I think it's subtler than that.  Even on a page with text going all
the way to the bottom, the exact placement of the last line will depend on the
type size, leading, and any diagrams (or in -me's case, even super- and
subscripts further up the page) that alter the flow of lines on the page.  I
believe the "nominal" is pointing out that there is no way to guarantee that
\n(bm will exactly equal "the distance from the bottom of the page to the
bottom of the text," only that it establishes a textual low-water mark on the
page.

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