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From: ASND@TRIUMFER.BITNET (Donald Arseneau)
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: RE: summary on \midinsert
Message-ID: <E5BDDBF0B600BA99@Post-Office.UH.EDU>
Date: 13 Mar 91 12:53:00 GMT
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Yes, \insertpenalties has two totally different meanings:
Normally, it is the sum of the penalties for split insertions on a page
(generally 100 because topinserts start with \penalty100), but in
an output routine it is the NUMBER of pending insertions, and has nothing
to do with penalties.
 
Extremely confusion, but typical Knuthian optimization.
ng
 
Donald Arseneau          asnd@triumfcl
                         asnd@reg.triumf.ca