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diff --git a/doc/user/dia_posi b/doc/user/dia_posi index 5cf8d82..7b41f15 100644 --- a/doc/user/dia_posi +++ b/doc/user/dia_posi @@ -3,18 +3,18 @@ @Title { Positioning } @Begin @PP -Once the nodes of the diagram are in place, @@Diag can be trusted to look +Once the nodes are in place, @@Diag can be trusted to look diagrams. @RawIndex { diagrams } diagrams.positioning @SubIndex { positioning nodes } positioning.diagrams @Index { positioning nodes in diagrams } after the rest: links to standard outlines will terminate neatly on their boundaries, labels will not overstrike links no matter what direction they are heading, and so on. The great weakness of @@Diag is in positioning -the nodes. This is partly because `what pleases the eye' is the -positioning rule in many diagrams, and an interactive system is really -needed in such cases; and partly because, even when the rule is more formal -(for example, when the nodes are to be laid out in a grid), @@Diag does not -have symbols to produce it anyway. +the nodes. This is partly because `what pleases the eye' is often the +rule, and an interactive system is really needed in such cases; and +partly because, even when the rule is more formal (for example, when +the nodes are to be laid out in a grid), @@Diag does not have symbols +to produce it anyway. @PP Previous examples have used @Code "@DP" for getting nodes one under another, and white space between nodes for getting them side by side, but @@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ this is very primitive. This section suggests three better ways: using following section adds a fourth, using @@Diag's tree-drawing symbols. It's a bit of a jumble. @PP -The {@Code "@Tbl"} symbol (Chapter {@NumberOf tables}) is a good choice when -the nodes have any kind of grid-like arrangement: +{@Code "@Tbl"} (Chapter {@NumberOf tables}) is a good choice when +the nodes have any grid-like arrangement: @ID @OneRow { @Code @Verbatim { @Diag { @@ -72,8 +72,8 @@ the nodes have any kind of grid-like arrangement: @Arrow from { A } to { D } } } -The table occupies the nodes part. Tags may have the same name -as columns; the two can never conflict. +The table lies in the nodes part. Tags may share names +with columns; the two cannot conflict. @PP Similarly, the @Code "@Graph" symbol from Chapter {@NumberOf graphs} has an @Code "objects" option which can place arbitrary objects, |