[latexrefman] ‘Hef\-\linebreak feron’

[Hefferon, Jim S.]

Yes, the point is that this is the kind of adjustment people make when doing the final draft.  If something in the document changes so that no linebreak happens then an author needs to redo the thing.

Jim

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From: Vincent Belaïche <vincent.belaiche at gmail.com>
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To: Hefferon, Jim S.
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Subject: Re: [latexrefman] ‘Hef\-\linebreak feron’

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Sorry, to dwell on it, but as far as I can understand \linebreak only
increase the likelyhood to have a line break at that point, it does
not force the linebread as \newline would do. This is what (info
"(latex2e) \linebreak & \nolinebreak") says in these terms: «
Encourage or discourage a line break ».

Therefore, having « - » instead of « \- » means that when the line
break does not occur then you have Hef-feron in the same line, which
is not what is desired.

Am I wrong ?
   V.

Le mar. 24 août 2021 à 14:28, Hefferon, Jim S. <jhefferon at smcvt.edu> a écrit :
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> > The \- command only allows LaTeX to break there, it does not require that it break there. You can insist on a split with something like Hef-\linebreak feron.
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> Please do not do that.  The sentence is correct as it stands, since it is about insisting on a split, so \- is nto the right thing, as described inthe first sentence.
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> In node (info "(latex2e) \- (hyphenation)") shouldn't there be « \- »
> not « - » in the example « Hef\-\linebreak feron » given in the last
> paragraph ?
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> If no objection this is something I am going to fix in my next commit.
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>   V.
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