> Am 07.09.2021 um 14:07 schrieb Hans Hagen <j.ha...@xs4all.nl>: > > On 9/7/2021 11:49 AM, Henning Hraban Ramm via ntg-context wrote: >> In my magazine and book projects, I sometimes fix pagebreaking by stretching >> paragraphs with \looseness=1 >> Unfortunately this works _in my project_ only with MkIV, i.e. \looseness has >> no effect with LMTX. >> I tried different examples (e.g. the attached file) and can’t reproduce the >> problem, there MkIV and LMTX always behave the same. >> So it must be something in my settings. >> What could cause the difference? >> I tried English and German and different settings of alignment and tolerance. >> Might it be font dependent? > > explained in manuals ... > > \startlinenumbering > \startparagraph > Weit .. beirren. > \stopparagraph > \stoplinenumbering > > \startlinenumbering > \startparagraph\looseness=+2 > Weit .. beirren. > \stopparagraph > \stoplinenumbering > > \startlinenumbering > \startparagraph > Weit .. beirren. > \looseness=+2\updateparagraphproperties\stopparagraph > \stoplinenumbering > > in lmxt we freeze the properties set when a paragraph starts (contrary to > using the last set value which actually fails when you set it inside a group) > > so, when you change some property mid paragraph you need to update the > properties in order for them to be effective (can be done for looseness only > if really needed); that works independent of grouping so it's more robust
Ok, but I thought I needed to use \looseness directly at the beginning of the paragraph, since it’s forgotten after the next \par? HR ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://context.aanhet.net archive : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________
