tex.web, §38, “Breaking paragraphs into lines¶
Knuth, D. E. `tex.web`, §38, “Breaking paragraphs into lines.
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- Knuth–Plass Line-Breaking Algorithm
- In TeX82's numeric convention, a positive penalty discourages a break, a negative penalty encourages it, $+10000$ inhibits it, and $-10000$ forces it; those exact sentinel values belong to the reference implementation rather than every family member.
This sourceTeX82 authoritative literate source. Implements active/passive breakpoint records, fitness and demerit calculation, passes, separate hyphenation procedure, and post-break line realization. Verified 2026-08-26.
- In TeX82's numeric convention, a positive penalty discourages a break, a negative penalty encourages it, $+10000$ inhibits it, and $-10000$ forces it; those exact sentinel values belong to the reference implementation rather than every family member.
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