Re: type-pre.tex

[Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>]

Hans van der Meer wrote:

> Addition to my previous message re this subject:
>
> In the top of file type-pre.tex it can be read:
>     %D This file is obsolete. We now have latin modern and proper
>     %D typescripts. Forget about this file.
> However, tracing execution of \startformula[bold] shows it is still  
> read then, whereas on \startformula (without the bold) it is not.

strange indeed because the typescript file is indeed read (unless 
preloading is enabled in which case the typescripts are loaded in mem)

>
> Isn't this an anomaly? Just curious (I hope curiosity is permitted in  
> this group).

no problem

> One more observation.
> The trace shows an underfull hbox inserted at the start of this file
>     \readfilename ->type-pre
>     (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf-local/tex/context/base/type-pre.tex
>     Underfull \hbox (badness 10000) in paragraph at lines 21--13
>     \hbox(0.0+0.0)x426.78743
>     .\glue(\rightskip) 0.0
>     )
> disappearing when a put \endinput right at the start of the file.
> I hope this hbox doesn't play havoc with formatting?


strange too; you can move down the \endinput stepwise and try to locate 
which lines trigger this box

Hans