>>>>> "Florian" == Florian Arnold <florian_arnold at gmx.de> writes:
Florian> Are there any plans to provide a globally optimizing line Florian> break algorithm (the Plass/Knuth algorithm, as used in Tex) Florian> ... I'd love to implement this algorithm for Scribus (or Florian> contribute to an implementation). Check out libhnj and ALTLinuxhyph (modification of libhnj) for C libs implementing TeX's algorithm. Florian> ... this algorithm is one of the greatest breakthroughs in Florian> high quality typesetting ... One cannot agree more. Scribus *needs* to implement this or something at least as good. (The next level as it were may be to look at the whole text run rather than just a paragraph at a time and then setting the paragraphs at a higher level.) -JimC
