> > > Vertical shrinkable (or rather, stretchable) space can be
> > > done easily with macros and a diversion.
> >
> > Well, yes, but using diversion has a lot of side effects...
>
> What do you mean by "side effects"?
Mainly that data put into a diversion can't be completely
`unformatted'. I don't feel too well in manipulating already
formatted data...
> I can think of only one real issue (which is, however, quite
> restrictive), and that is that when formatting directly to the page
> you can use an arbitrary number of position traps, while inside a
> diversion you have only one (!) diversion trap.
Yep. Surprisingly, I'm only aware of a single macro package which
uses a diversion trap: My `underline' macro.
> (Would it make sense to lift this restriction and implement more
> traps in a diversion?)
Definitely. It's on troff's TODO list since ever. Do you volunteer?
Werner
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