RE: DOCBOOK-APPS: Overfull \hbox in alignment

[Kevin Dunn <kdunn@hsc.edu>]

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>TeX is *very* picky about having each line *exactly* the right length. The
>hyphen's in the log are the hyphens that TeX knows about but adding any of
>them in to the text would generate one possibly two underfull \hbox
>warnings.  The best method for this warning in ordinary paragraphs is to try
>to reword the paragraph so that there are different length words on the
>offending line.
>

I have been doing this as a workaround to some extent (hence only 5 problem lines currently), but it violates the media-independent spirit
of Docbook, since I am tailoring content to fit particular margins. I
can do it if I have to, but it makes me uneasy.

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Kevin M. Dunn
Professor of Chemistry
Hampden-Sydney College
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