Uwe Lück <[log in to unmask]> writes: > Happy Easter Holidays! > -- Here is a proposal for an advanced search of Easter eggs: > > I thought it would be a matter of an hour or so to solve the > problems with \@reinserts in LaTeX's output routine > (see LaTeX bugs 3370, 3451, 3719). In addition to my last mail (which I strangely have not seen on the list yet), I'd want to add that the next international TeX conference is BachoTeX <URL:http://www.gust.org.pl/BachoTeX/2005/en/> in Poland, a conference known for its scenic setting, long evenings and usually impressive international attendance (this year seems somewhat less well represented than usual at least from the speakers' side, probably because of the proximity to the recent EuroTeX 2005 conference). If you take a look at the program, it happens that I have a workshop there: Hooking into LaTeX's output routine for delayed layout decisions David Kastrup TeX's insertion mechanisms are not coupled with the page break optimization in any useful manner. Breaking insertions can only be done properly if no page material follows. The break will basically ignore TeX's penalty system. Material needs to be of fixed vertical size. As a result, filling pages with footnotesm, in particular footnotes run into a single paragraph, can't be done in satisfactory manner in a single pass: the sizes of the resulting footnote blocks become known only after a first page break decision has been made. As a result, the bigfoot package (and similar packages) have to make tentative breaks and rerun the material through the output routine until it is considered optimally arranged. What are the techniques for hooking into LaTeX's output routine in a manner that keeps running headers, figures and possibly other packages working as well as possible? Now workshops are scheduled due to interest, and it may be that this particular talk will not hold much interest for most participants, so further audience would probably be appreciated and it should be possible to address personal problems effectively. The conference fees are very reasonable for the provided service (though you should register before March 31st for a good price), and the location can usually be reached quite well by bus (like Eurolines) on the Toruń-Olsztyn route (I actually get there from Bochum without changing busses at all). If you can convince the bus driver to drop you off at the Bachotek turnoff directly (usually no problem with a map), you are in walking distance. If not, getting to Brodnica should do the trick: usually there is a shuttle service organized from there. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum