Re: pagenumbers and the -s (no cross references) option

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi,

address@hidden writes:

> Since Lout is otherwise a relatively principled affair,
> one should give this another try ---
> perhaps at least use very small, bold "??",
> so that in most cases they end up being not larger than the final thing.

The problem is that the "final thing", a page number here, can be as
narrow as "1" or as wide as "777", which makes it hard to predict how
much room is needed.  The problem is even worse when one uses a font
with "hanging figures" [0] I guess.

Thanks,
Ludovic.

[0] http://www.fonts.com/AboutFonts/Articles/fyti/OldstyleFigs.htm