There is an hoffset in the page dimensions whose function is not clear.
There is a grotesque kludge used to get lists after section headings spaced from the latter as if they were pure text, consisting of <#102#>vskip<#102#>'ing 14pt's back up the page. This is highly non-portable and very bad style. Any better ideas~?
An verbatim environment immediately within another environment other than example will not leave the normal amount of vertical space before it. In fact, it leaves less than none at all.