[luatex] shipout a page

Paul Isambert zappathustra at free.fr
Tue Jun 28 16:34:15 CEST 2011



Le 28/06/2011 16:03, Patrick Gundlach a écrit :
> Hi Paul,
>
>>> tex.shipout(255)
>> That should be:
>> tex.shipout(tex.box[255])
> That is in conflict with the manual (which states that tex.shipout's argument is a number)

Indeed, there's an error in the manual.

>   as well does not give the desired result. (There should be a 10pt by 20pt box on the first page.

If I'm not mistaken, when tex.shipout() occurs, the node appended to the 
main vertical list hasn't been moved to box 255 yet. I can't remember 
exactly the places when TeX does move material to the output box, but I 
think you should consider them.

Best,
Paul


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