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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-noline.html b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-noline.html index 5bc40aaa264..eaa04bd55a7 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-noline.html +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-noline.html @@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation. </blockquote><p> comes in reaction to you giving LaTeX a <code>\</code><code>\</code> command at a time -when it’s not expecting it. The commonest case is where you’ve +when it’s not expecting it. The commonest case is where you’ve decided you want the label of a list item to be on a line of its own, -so you’ve written (for example): +so you’ve written (for example): <blockquote> <pre> \begin{description} @@ -24,15 +24,15 @@ so you’ve written (for example): </pre> </blockquote><p> <code>\</code><code>\</code> is actually a rather bad command to use in this case (even if -it worked), since it would force the ‘paragraph’ that’s made up of the +it worked), since it would force the ‘paragraph’ that’s made up of the text of the item to terminate a line which has nothing on it but the -label. This would lead to an “<code>Underfull \hbox</code>” warning message -(usually with ‘infinite’ badness of 10000); while this message doesn’t +label. This would lead to an “<code>Underfull \hbox</code>” warning message +(usually with ‘infinite’ badness of 10000); while this message doesn’t do any actual harm other than slowing down your LaTeX run, any -message that doesn’t convey any information distracts for no useful +message that doesn’t convey any information distracts for no useful purpose. <p/>The proper solution to the problem is to write a new sort of -<code>description</code> environment, that does just what you’re after. (The +<code>description</code> environment, that does just what you’re after. (The <a href="FAQ-books.html"><em>LaTeX Companion</em></a> offers a rather wide selection of variants of these things.) @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ which fills out the under-full line before forcing its closure. The <i>expdlist</i> package provides the same functionality with its <code>\</code><code>breaklabel</code> command, and <i>mdwlist</i> provides it via its <code>\</code><code>desclabelstyle</code> command. -<p/>The other common occasion for the message is when you’re using the +<p/>The other common occasion for the message is when you’re using the <code>center</code> (or <code>flushleft</code> or <code>flushright</code>) environment, and have decided you need extra separation between lines in the environment: @@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ in the environment: \end{center} </pre> </blockquote><p> -The solution here is plain: use the <code>\\</code> command in the way it’s +The solution here is plain: use the <code>\\</code> command in the way it’s supposed to be used, to provide more than just a single line break space. <code>\\</code> takes an optional argument, which specifies how much extra space to add; the required effect in the text above can @@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ be had by saying: </blockquote><p> <dl> <dt><tt><i>expdlist.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/expdlist.zip">macros/latex/contrib/expdlist</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/expdlist/">browse the directory</a>) -<dt><tt><i>mdwlist.sty</i></tt><dd>Distributed as part of <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/mdwtools.zip">macros/latex/contrib/mdwtools</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/mdwtools/">browse the directory</a>) +<dt><tt><i>mdwlist.sty</i></tt><dd>Distributed as part of <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/mdwtools.zip">macros/latex/contrib/mdwtools</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/mdwtools/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/mdwlist.html">catalogue entry</a> </dl> <p/> <p/><p>This question on the Web: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=noline">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=noline</a> |