[texhax] A question about stretchability and shrinkability

[Stanislaw Romanski]

Hello,

Maybe
    \vglue 25 pt
is what you are looking for.
This is "definite" vertical space; it will never disappear.
\vskip is removed in certain contexts,
e.g. in the begin or end of page.

HTH

Stanislaw Romanski

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rodolfo Medina" <rodolfo.medina at gmail.com>
To: <texhax at tug.org>
Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 9:18 PM
Subject: [texhax] A question about stretchability and shrinkability


> Hi all.
>
> Suppose that in a certain place of my text I say something like, e.g.:
>
> \vskip 25 pt
>
> and I mean exactly 25 pt with no stretchability neither shrinkability. 
> Will it
> be enough to say:
>
> \vskip 25 pt plus 0 pt minus 0 pt
>
> ?  Am I sure this way that plain TeX will shift what follows by exactly 25 
> pt,
> nothing more, nothing less?  Or should I achieve that by some other 
> commands?
>
> Thanks for any help
> Rodolfo
>
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