by I was having some trouble with spacing using some old dissertation
style files, so I ran an experiment on an old report. I ran it 3
times:
(1) Using*209 and TeX 3.0 and documentstyle report
(2) Using*2e and TeX 3.1415 in*209 compatible mode with
documentstyle report
(3) Using*2e and TeX 3.1415 with documentclass report.
[My version of 2e is 1994/06/01, and my 209 version is 1992]
(1) and (2) were almost identical except in places where the newer TeX
had made different line-breaking decisions. The page margins were the
same.
(2) and (3) had the same text on each page. However, (3) had every
page starting a bit higher, and the page number at the bottom ending a
bit lower, indicating that the textheight is a bit different. Also,
the itemized environments were more spaced out in (3) than in (2).
QUESTION: Is this a bug or a feature. Is*2e in 209 compatible
mode for documentstyle `report' supposed to produce the same output as
the new documentclass `report'? If not, can anyone tell me exactly
which variables have been changed in report.cls from the old
report.sty?
I went through the new*book, and didn't find the answers I
wanted. I have not yet been able to grab The*Companion as yet
because our university bookstore is out of copies.
Thanks,
Manas
PS: If anyone can tell me the differences between the old report.sty
and the new report.cls, or tell me how to find that out, I would be
very grateful. It will enable me to modify some existing packages that
I am having a hard time fixing to meet some stringent formatting
rules.
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