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author | Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org> | 2010-04-07 22:47:28 +0000 |
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committer | Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org> | 2010-04-07 22:47:28 +0000 |
commit | 3f1971c9b7717818766692c9aa497e20e7472f2c (patch) | |
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parent | c7c3b090320a234149dbe23315e2a15a2773ac79 (diff) |
FAQ-en 3.19d (7apr10)
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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-wrongpn.html b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-wrongpn.html index 9acc7076e44..abecfe48cf7 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-wrongpn.html +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-wrongpn.html @@ -3,22 +3,22 @@ </head><body> <h3>Page number is wrong at start of page</h3> <p/>This is a long story, whose sources are deep inside the workings of -TeX itself; it all derives from the TeX’s striving to generate +TeX itself; it all derives from the TeX’s striving to generate the best possible output. <p/>The page number is conventionally stored in <code>\</code><code>count0</code>; LaTeX users see this as the counter <code>page</code>, and may typeset its value using <code>\</code><code>thepage</code>. <p/>The number (that is to say, <code>\</code><code>count0</code>) is only updated when TeX actually outputs a page. TeX only even tries to do this when it -detects a hint that it may be a good thing to do. From TeX’s point +detects a hint that it may be a good thing to do. From TeX’s point of view, the end of a paragraph is a good time to consider outputting -a page; it will output a page if it has <em>more</em> than a page’s +a page; it will output a page if it has <em>more</em> than a page’s worth of material to output. (Ensuring it always has something in hand makes some optimisations possible.) As a result, <code>\</code><code>count0</code> (<code>\</code><code>thepage</code>) is almost always wrong in the first paragraph of a -page (the exception is where the page number has been “forcibly” +page (the exception is where the page number has been “forcibly” changed, either by changing its value directly, or by breaking the -page where TeX wouldn’t necessarily have chosen to break). +page where TeX wouldn’t necessarily have chosen to break). <p/>LaTeX provides a safe way of referring to the page number, by using label references. So, rather than writing: <blockquote> |