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CHANGELOG.md

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The format is based on [Keep a
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Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
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## 2021-10-20
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- Q-balance: Add mention to `pbalance` package.
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## 2021-08-18
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FAQ-balance.md

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The [`balance`](https://ctan.org/pkg/balance) package also patches the output routine
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(somewhat more carefully than [`flushend`](https://ctan.org/pkg/flushend)).
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The user should be aware that any of these packages are liable to
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The user should be aware that both these packages are liable to
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become confused in the presence of floats: if problems arise, manual
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adjustment of the floats in the document is likely to be necessary.
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It is this difficulty (what's required in any instance can't really be
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expressed in current LaTeX) that led the author of
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[`multicol`](https://ctan.org/pkg/multicol) to suppress single-column-wide floats.
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The [`poor man's balance`](https://ctan.org/pkg/pbalance) package tries
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to solve this limitation. It should be "safe" (changes to the output
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routine are minimal) and "just work" without user intervention. However,
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as most things in life, it comes with its own set of caveats (check the
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docs). The most important ones are
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1. It is a very new package (2020) and, therefore, has been very
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lightly tested;
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2. It demands additional LaTeX passes (up to three in some cases).

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