Re: Several suggestions for image support

[David Kastrup]

Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:

> >> >     However, I have fixed the treatment of newline characters
> >> >     so that non-empty lines are no longer made a minimum
> >> >     height equal to the frame default line height.
> >> > 
> >> > That could have bad effects in many cases.  
> >> 
> >> I honestly don't understand why this is a problem.
> 
> > For instance, preview-latex uses images as a substitute for
> > characters.  If I have a line that looks like
> > $x$
> > I still want to have it keep the full line distance to the previous
> > line in order to avoid inconsistent spacing.
> 
> I don't see the relevance.  More specifically, I understand Kim's
> change to only affect the computation of line height, not line
> spacing.

I tried to write what parameters I mean in a separate post.  It
appears we are all talking about different concepts.  Since I don't
know what you call in particular "line height" and "line spacing", I
can't make a meaningful comment or explanation.

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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum