🚀 go-pugleaf

RetroBBS NetNews Server

Inspired by RockSolid Light RIP Retro Guy

Article View: comp.text.tex
Article #2273

Re: A question for a TeXnician about \shipout

#2273
From: dhosek
Date: Sat, 05 Sep 1992 01:40
18 lines
1114 bytes
In article <1992Sep4.181723.12799@mail.cornell.edu>, Tim Larkin <tsl1@cornell.edu> writes:
> In article <9224813.24368@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU> Stephen Edward Simmons,
> simmons@krang.vis.citri.edu.au writes:
>>Is there any way to convince \writes on the left hand pages to occur
> when the
>>page is complete and stored in the temorary box rather than when both
> pages
>>are shipped out?  
 
> Have you tried preceeding the \write with \immediate? That should cause
> an immediate
> expansion of the \write argument.

Which will give a differently incorrect page number in some cases.

'tis a rather interesteing problem.

-dh
Technical Details
Message-ID: <1992Sep4.184049.1@linus.claremont.edu>
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!news.claremont.edu!linus.claremont.edu!dhosek
References: <9224813.24368@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU> <1992Sep4.181723.12799@mail.cornell.edu>

Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!news.claremont.edu!linus.claremont.edu!dhosek
From: dhosek@linus.claremont.edu
Subject: Re: A question for a TeXnician about \shipout
Message-ID: <1992Sep4.184049.1@linus.claremont.edu>
Lines: 18
Sender: news@muddcs.claremont.edu (The News System)
Organization: Harvey Mudd College
References: <9224813.24368@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU> <1992Sep4.181723.12799@mail.cornell.edu>
Date: 4 Sep 92 18:40:49 PDT