On Thu, Aug 29, 2002 at 07:23:06AM +0100, John Levon wrote:
> > The proper solution, of course would be t get the super/subscript placement
> > right...
> 
> Hmm, tricky.  So should I just go back to the old code (for now) ?

What does the per-char-"correctness" buy us? LaTeX does not do it that way
anyway (just try  .^x vs 1^x).

> > One metrics call per redraw is "necessary".. The outer world does this with
> > fragile constructions of 'need a little refresh' and 'need a little more
> > refresh'. 
> 
> OK doke, I was just wondering if it had been considered ...

Yes, I have been waiting for people complaining about math sluggishness for
a year or so. Your mail was the first attempt at that, so it does not seem
too ad after all.

Andre'

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