Print columns across full-page spreads should be the same length
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Description
Description
I use typst to typeset novels. When the widow/orphan/slug catcher runs, opposing full pages in a given spread will be different numbers of lines long. The bottom of each full page should line up across pages 2-3 and so on, (which face each other.) It looks bad otherwise. Not bad enough to send me back to LaTeX, which does this correctly, but bad.
Use Case
Useful for anyone typsetting books or pamphlets with facing pages.
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Research direction
The issue names no files, tests, or entry points; begin by locating the pagination and widow/orphan/slug-catcher logic in the Typst codebase. Done means opposing full-page spreads have equal line lengths while preserving the stated catcher behavior, with regression coverage for facing pages.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- design
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100