Re: vspace with non-integer argument does not work

[Thomas Morley]

2012/11/24 Olivier Biot <address@hidden>:
> Hi all,
>
> Is it possible to specify non-integer values for vertical spacing with
> vspace? I read once that it was possible, but apparently not (anymore) in
> version 2.16.0 or 2.16.1.

vspace works with integers: \vspace #1 etc
numbers: \vspace #1.23
(even \vspace #(* 4 (atan 1)) is valid input)
and fractions: \vspace #1/2

>
> The following does compile without errors but the non-integer values are
> apparently silently transformed into "1"

No, don't forget that the \center-column-command uses a baseline-skip
with value 3
Very little divergations (0.01 or 2/300) will hardly be noticeable.

-Harm