Shorten paragraphs instead of streching (=> `\looseness=-1`)

[denismaier]

I usually also try to shorten paragraphs instead of or in addition to making them longer, i.e. I use \looseness=-1. Is there any particular reason why this strategy is not used by this package? And, would there be an option to add it?

[gucci-on-fleek]

Yeah, I've looked into it and it's usually not really worth it. See #4 (comment) and the tb133chernoff-widows-extract.pdf §15.3 for some explanations.

I'm not opposed to adding this though — it's just not a priority. Feel free to submit a PR; otherwise, I'll probably be awhile before I get around to this.

[denismaier]

Thanks for the explanation and for pointing me to the relevant discussions. It's not urgent for me either – I was just wondering.