Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: justification issues

On 04/30/2016 11:52 AM, Piet van Oostrum wrote:
> Mike Scott wrote:
>
>   > On 30/04/16 01:20, Brian Barker wrote:
>   > ....
>   > >
>   > > Oh, and if you insert a line break (not a paragraph break) after "XXX",
>   > > you will see exactly the improvement he would like to see happen by
>   > > default.
>   >
>   >
>   > Brian, thanks for clarifying my intent, and verifying my observation.
>   >
>   > I'm still wondering if it's worth putting this in formally as an
>   > enhancement request -- or would it be so unlikely to get looked at that
>   > it'd not be worth the effort?
>   >
> Do you mean the better paragraph breaking algorithm, using the whole paragraph rather than 
> line-by-line?
>
> I saw some discussion (or maybe just one message) on the developer's list about implementing the 
> TeX line breaking algorithm, which does that. So it might be useful to check if such a request has 
> already been issued.
>
> Another thing that might help, to avoid the letterspacing, is to disable Tools > Options (LibreOffice > 
> Preferences on Mac) > LibreOffice Writer > Compatibility > Expand word space on lines with manual line 
> breaks in justified paragraphs. Then a manual newline at the end of such an ugly line does not justify the line.
>
> But the best thing in my opinion (besides the TeX algorithm) would be if you could just switch off 
> letter spacing completely. I hate it and I haven't found an option to disable it.

I thank you for that info.  I hate the word spacing for a fully 
justified "short" lines.  Hopefully it works out for the original poster.


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