Sebastian Rahtz writes: > > > a) the ability to typset lines to a grid > > > > I don't see why this cannot be accomplished by proper settings of the > > various vertical space parameters in the documentclass. I.e., I don't > > think it is an inherent restriction in LaTeX, it is a decision left up > > to the designer/documentclass writer. > > indeed. I did a book like this once. it was a nightmare, for all the > reasons Michael points out it is partly a problem of TeX having the wrong internal model for it so it would not at all easy for e-TeX or Omega to overcome that part. ie you need to come up with a completely new model replacing the idea of glue as it is. but a suitable implementation (leaving alone a few boundary cases) it is not on the turning machine level of problems and in fact with a better designer interface could be very well provided on the class level --- which is one of the goals of the project ie providing such interfaces --- frank