Re: Another JadeTeX problem

[Louis-Dominique Dubeau <ldd@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thomas Corte <thomas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Hello,
> 
> I have found another strange JadeTeX behaviour and I wonder
> if anyone on this list can help me with this:
> 
> The DSSSL standard claims that consecutive display spaces shall be
> reduced down to one of them according to certain rules.
> 
> jadetex.dtx (Version 1.05 with appropriately patched Jade 1.1.1)
> seems to have code for this, and this works for e.g. sequences of
> display-group FOs with space-before- and space-after characteristics.
> However, it sometimes fails for NESTED display groups. To make the
> problem clear, I have included some (short) test material:

[snip snip]

> While RTF output correctly shows 30pt display space between all the
> paragraphs of this example, JadeTeX inserts 60pt of space after the
> "Text2 ..." paragraph and 90pt of space after the "Text3 ..."
> paragraph.
> 
> Am I wrong or should this be considered a JadeTeX bug?

I encountered the exact same problem.  I think this is a bug either in
the TeX backend or in JadeTeX itself.  The RTF output I get has a
spacing that follows the rules laid out in the standard but the TeX
version of the document shows the same problem you mentioned.

	Regards,
	ldd


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