OTR Techniques: I

Abstract

The following techniques are discussed in this chapter and are applied to practical situations:

• ■ Breaking up \box255 in the OTR into individual lines by means of the \lastxx commands.

• ■ Identifying individual lines or paragraphs to the OTR by means of \rightskip, \parshape, or the depth of \box255.

• ■ Attaching very small amounts of \kern to certain lines of text, to identify those lines to the OTR as special.

• ■ Placing large negative penalties at certain points in the document. This has the effect of invoking the OTR at those points. The OTR does not have to ship out anything.

• ■ Attaching very small vboxes below certain lines, to identify them to the OTR as special lines that require special treatment.

• ■ Using marks. This is a common OTR technique.

• ■ Using a 2-pass technique where, in the first pass, certain information is written on a file, to be read by the second pass. Certain complex problems may even call for a multipass job.