The problem is that with the current version of @float, a lot of vertical whitespace is introduced in the pdf document. Fixing that vertical space is a difficult task.
--------------------- Christopher Dimech General Administrator - Naiad Informatics - GNU Project (Geocomputation) - Geophysical Simulation - Geological Subsurface Mapping - Disaster Preparedness and Mitigation - Natural Resource Exploration and Production - Free Software Advocacy > Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2020 at 6:02 PM > From: "Christopher Dimech" <[email protected]> > To: "Gavin Smith" <[email protected]> > Cc: "Texinfo" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: @float > > I started using Plain Tex as they seemed to be limited support for > LaTex constructs. What is the current points of view about Plain-Tex > and LaTex capability? > > Regards > Christopher > > > Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2020 at 5:53 PM > > From: "Gavin Smith" <[email protected]> > > To: "Christopher Dimech" <[email protected]> > > Cc: "Texinfo" <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: @float > > > > On Thu, Dec 03, 2020 at 08:11:17AM +0100, Christopher Dimech wrote: > > > What do you think about having floating material? > > > > > > Regards > > > Christopher > > > > I'm not opposed to the idea. It's unlikely that it would be implemented > > for TeX output, though, but it could be implemented for LaTeX output if > > that ever happens. > > > >
