Re: `@raggedright` and `@multitable`

[Gavin Smith]

On Tue, Mar 22, 2022 at 06:01:20AM +0000, Werner LEMBERG wrote:
> 
> [texinfo.tex 2022-02-16.13]
> 
> 
> Consider the following example
> 
> ```
> \input texinfo.tex
> 
> @multitable @columnfractions 0.2 0.2 0.2
> @item foofoo foofoo foofoo foofoo
>   @tab barbar barbar barbar barbar
>   @tab bazbaz bazbaz bazbaz bazbaz
> @end multitable
> 
> @raggedright
> @multitable @columnfractions 0.2 0.2 0.2
> @item foofoo foofoo foofoo foofoo
>   @tab barbar barbar barbar barbar
>   @tab bazbaz bazbaz bazbaz bazbaz
> @end multitable
> @end raggedright
> 
> @bye
> ```
> 
> While `texi2pdf` produces the desired result, I get unnecessary
> warnings for the second table, which are counter-intuitive:
> 
> ```
> Underfull \hbox (badness 10000) in paragraph at lines 11--12
> @textrm foofoo foofoo
> 
> Underfull \hbox (badness 10000) in paragraph at lines 12--13
>  @textrm barbar bar-bar
> 
> Underfull \hbox (badness 10000) in paragraph at lines 13--14
>  @textrm bazbaz bazbaz
> ```

Thanks for the report.  I found it was due to the reassignment
of \rightskip inside @multitable.

I've attempted a fix in commit beb67a5f97219.  I checked the output
for some of the @multitable's in the Texinfo manuals but it would
be good if you could check that the output looks fine for @multitable
inside and outside of @raggedright.

> Is there a chance to improve the definition of `@raggedright` (or
> `@multitable`) so that those warnings are suppressed?  Or maybe I'm
> doing something wrong, and there is a better way to get ragged-right
> table columns?
> 
> 
>     Werner