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From: eijkhout@s41.csrd.uiuc.edu (Victor Eijkhout)
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: Re: glue-overfull box problem
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Date: 1 May 91 17:24:23 GMT
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whitbeck@sanjuan.wrcr.unr.edu (Mike Whitbeck) writes:

>I sometimes have files that produce a line that is slightly too
>long, say 5-6pt:

> xxxxxxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxx x xxxxxx xxx  xxxxxxxxx xx
> xxx xx xxxx xx xx x   x x x x xxxxxx xxx  xx xxx xx x
> xxxxxxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxx x xxxxxx xxx  xxxxxxxxx xx

>This usually occurs as a result of inline math e.g.
>$^{239,240}Pu$ that falls at/near the linebreak. 

Try setting \hfuzz=6pt. That way TeX will think
a line that is overfull by 6pt is still o.k..
(The default value of this parameter is 0.1pt,
which is well nigh invisible.)

Victor.