Hi Hraban,
yes, this makes perfect sense, and it’s very close to the first idea we
discussed. Measuring the |\placesidebyside| material in a box and
compensating the marginal with |voffset=-\ht0| already solves the main
anchoring problem, and your use of |\starttextdisplay| definitely helps
stabilizing the vertical placement. Under time pressure, manually
helping page breaks is a perfectly reasonable trade-off. The fully
“atomic” solution (insert inside the same box) would require a bit more
restructuring, and that’s not something you want to risk at the very
end. From a conceptual point of view, your current approach is sound,
and much better than fighting the page builder blindly.
Good luck with the final stretch!
Best//JP
Le 19/02/2026 à 22:00, Henning Hraban Ramm a écrit :
Salut Jean-Pierre,
thank you for your in-depth analysis!
I’m a bit overwhelmed to integrate Pablo’s last-second corrections
into my book which is already overdue and must get completed tonight.
I could use the idea from your first mail, my real code looks now like
this:
"""
\definebuffer[CodeExampleS]
\define\stopCodeExampleS{%
\begingroup
\setbox0\vbox{%
\placesidebyside%
{\NarrowFramed{%
\typeCodeExampleS[option=tex,lines=yes,numbering=line]}}%
{\CodeExampleNarrowFramed{\start\getCodeExampleS\stop}}%
}%
\starttextdisplay
\doifnotmode{print}{\ininner[voffset=-\ht0,]
{\comment[space=yes,buffer=\thedefinedbuffer{CodeExampleS}]{}}}%
\box0
\stoptextdisplay
\endgroup
}
"""
That works at least better than before.
Yes, it’s convoluted and not a complete MWE, but you get the idea.
I could solve most page breaking issues with inserting empty
paragraphs and manual page breaks.
Hraban
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