[cl-typesetting-devel] *use-exact-char-boxes*

[Marc Battyani]

"Dmitriy Ivanov" <divanov at aha.ru> wrote:

> "Marc Battyani" <marc.battyani at fractalconcept.com> wrote:
>
> |> It would be better to have both *use-exact-char-boxes* and *leading*
> |> working together :-)
> |
> | OK but again why? Using *use-exact-char-boxes* when not in math mode
> | will give non homogeneous leading for lines.
> | For instance a line with "man" will have a much smaller leading than
> | one with "Man p".
>
> I would like to use exact char boxes not only in math mode but also in 
> other
> places. As I have noticed earlier, text would look prettier within table
> cells and draw-block. When *use-exact-char-boxes* is nil, the internal
> baseline of the first line in block is equal to dy and that leads to
> shifting the entire text down.

Maybe the problem is here. Have you a simple example so that I can look at 
it and see exactly what you mean?

> The simplest way to take the *leading* into account I have found was 
> hacking
> fit-lines.
>
> IMHO, in general, dealing with leading during layout instead of storing it
> within every char box sounds more consistent.

I'm not sure of that. The logic here is that we normalize the height of the 
characters.

Marc