From bf48e3133515e7cef18648ff723b0b74c0430fa2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dianne Skoll <dianne@skoll.ca>
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2026 10:15:55 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Add --entry-spacing option to rem2pdf.

---
 rem2pdf/bin/rem2pdf.in | 15 +++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/rem2pdf/bin/rem2pdf.in b/rem2pdf/bin/rem2pdf.in
index 3b97d5cd..47127812 100644
--- a/rem2pdf/bin/rem2pdf.in
+++ b/rem2pdf/bin/rem2pdf.in
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ my $settings = {
         entry_size => 8,
 
         border_size => 4,
-        entry_spacing => 2,
+        entry_spacing => -1,
         line_thickness => 1,
 
         margin_top => 36,
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ Options:
 --header-size=S         Specify size of font for weekday names
 --daynum-size=S         Specify size of font for day numbers
 --entry-size=S          Specify size of font for calendar entries
+--entry-spacing=S       Specify extra spacing between calendar entries
 --border-size=S         Specify size of gaps between items in 1/72nds of an inch
 --line-thickness=S      Specify line thickness in 1/72nds of an inch
 --margin-top=S          Specify top margin size in 1/72nds of an inch
@@ -158,6 +159,7 @@ my $ret = GetOptions('landscape|l' =>        \$settings->{landscape},
                      'header-size=f' =>      \$settings->{header_size},
                      'daynum-size=f' =>      \$settings->{daynum_size},
                      'entry-size=f' =>       \$settings->{entry_size},
+                     'entry-spacing=f' =>    \$settings->{entry_spacing},
                      'border-size=f' =>      \$settings->{border_size},
                      'line-thickness=f' =>   \$settings->{line_thickness},
                      'margin-top=f' =>       \$settings->{margin_top},
@@ -189,7 +191,10 @@ if ($version) {
         exit(0);
 }
 
-$settings->{entry_spacing} = 0.5 * $settings->{border_size};
+if ($settings->{entry_spacing} < 0) {
+        $settings->{entry_spacing} = 0.5 * $settings->{border_size};
+}
+
 
 if ($settings->{avoid_overfull_boxes}) {
         $settings->{fill_entire_page} = 1;
@@ -564,6 +569,12 @@ Specify the size of the blank border between the contents of a calendar
 box and the centre of the lines surrounding it, in 1/72ndths of an inch.
 The default is 4.
 
+=item --entry-spacing=I<n>
+
+Specify the amount of extra space, in 1/72ndths of an inch, to leave
+between calendar entries in a given calendar box.  The default is
+one-half of the --border-size value.
+
 =item --line-thickness=I<n>
 
 Specify the thickness of the lines drawn on the calendar.  The default is 1.