Uwe Lück <[log in to unmask]> writes: > No, sorry, it rather seems that the proposal in latex/3719 > has little to do with my situation. Before I think about what > to do with \@reinserts, I must find out how \holdinginserts>0 > affects the \footins box. Triggering the output routine with \holdinginserts>0 means *nothing* is put in the footins box. If you ship out the page contents, the inserts are lost. It is tricky to program. The one thing it works for is recycling the page through the output routine (without \@reinserts). The output triggering has to be rewritten to usually keep \holdinginserts=1, until a page is ready to ship out (normal output), then temporarily set \holdinginserts=0 and recycle the page contents (\unvbox255 etc). Then the next invocation of the output routine can ship out the page. That's what the answer in 3719 appears to do. What is wrong with it? I see a misuse of \outputpenalty, which may be the only problem. This probably doesn't belong on this list, so email me. Donald Arseneau [log in to unmask]