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From: ogawa@ORION.ARC.NASA.GOV (Arthur Ogawa)
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Subject: [ogawa: summary on \midinsert]
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Date: Tue, 12 Mar 91 11:34:38 -0800
From: "Arthur Ogawa" <ogawa>
To: neumann@function.mps.ohio-state.EDU, info-tex@SHSU.BITNET
In-Reply-To: "Walter D. Neumann"'s message of Tue, 12 Mar 91 10:29:50 EST
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Subject: summary on \midinsert
 
Note that \insertpenalties is checked as part of the \dosupereject macro
(see p. 256 of the TeXbook).
 
The meaning of \insertpenalties can be gleaned from a close reading of
pp 123-125, ending with a deep breath. I think the statment there that
"the total number of such insertinos appears in \insertpenalties
during an \output routine" has been a bit misleading to Walter and
Romesh.  Earlier on, Knuth says that $q$ (\insertpenalties) is
accumulating the value of \floatingpenalty.
 
Anybody can supply details from vol B?  In particular, is the value of
\insertpenalties valid outside of the output routine? Is it different?