2011/1/4 Wolfgang Schuster

Make a example next time!

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Wolfgang

so [textdistance=medium] is the solution, thanks! nevertheless, i couldn’t find documentation about “textdistance”, and i don’t think it to be very intuitive, that this changes the space to be more flexible. would you mind telling me why this is the case, and why this isn’t standard behavior?

2011/1/4 Wolfgang Schuster

Am 04.01.2011 um 18:51 schrieb Philipp A.:

2011/1/4 Wolfgang Schuster

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Make a example next time!

[Example]

Wolfgang

so [textdistance=medium] is the solution, thanks!

nevertheless, i couldn’t find documentation about “textdistance”,

The option was added last march and it’s now up to you to document it.

The values for the key are

none : no distance between items small : half the value of a normal space, can be stretched by half of a em medium : normal space distance, can be stretched by 1em big : 1em, can be stretched or shrinked by a space width <skip> : e.g. 3pt plus 2pt minus 1pt

been there http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Reference/en/setupitemgroup, done that http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Reference/en/keyword:textdistance.

and i don’t think it to be very intuitive, that this changes the space to be more flexible.

sorry but i forgot why we used these values, maybe a smaller stretch value for small and medium make sense

i don’t think so (or at least not much less), and i meant sth. different: “textdistance=medium” does not mean “greater flexibility”, it does mean “no change in flexibility, just in distance”. using medium as standard value would be ok, though, because you get the flexible (=mostly better) behavior as standard, and the rigid as option.

would you mind telling me why this is the case, and why this isn’t standard behavior?

backward compatibility, i would also prefer “medium” as default value

can’t we just screw backward compatibility at all costs here? i mean: “medium” won’t make it worse in most cases, just better! (the maximum space is 1em+1sp, so we probably will never get different hyphenation, but almost always less overfull \hboxes) also, \setbreakpoints[compound] should be standard in my opinion. Wolfgang

thanks for the answer, phil