Text Formatting ⇒ Odd Hyphenation Question

[cbkschroeder]

Hi!

Thanks for taking the time to read my post.

So I have the following line:

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\caption{Video Post-Amplifier Filter Bank Module PCB Bottom, \unit[1.6875]{in}$\times$\unit[3.6875]{in}}

It makes a list-of-figures entry but I always get an \hbox overfull error - and the page number is pushed over. If I switch to \sloppy spacing (just to see what happens) LaTeX will break the line just after the comma and, of course, it looks heinous. So, I'd love to get LaTeX to break this line just after the second "$" because that won't kill the spacing too much. Do you think, however, that I can get LaTeX to do that?

My feeling is the answer is painfully simple but I don't have it; if anyone has any thoughts, I'd appreciate them.

Cheers,

Christian

[phi]

You can insert \allowbreak to allow a line break at a specific point:

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{units}
\begin{document}
\listoffigures
\begin{figure}
\caption{Video Post-Amplifier Filter Bank Module PCB Bottom, \unit[1.6875]{in}$\times$\allowbreak\unit[3.6875]{in}}
\end{figure}
\end{document}

[cbkschroeder]

Brilliant! Thank you!!

Christian