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diff --git a/doc/user/fmt_marg b/doc/user/fmt_marg index bc02956..c3a98b0 100644 --- a/doc/user/fmt_marg +++ b/doc/user/fmt_marg @@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ for ordinary margins, the total (left plus right) page body margin must be the same on odd and even pages. Margin notes (Section {@NumberOf marginnotes}) occupy body margin space. @PP -You can have a box drawn around each page if you wish. Here are the -relevant options and their default values: +You can draw a box around each page. The relevant options and their +default values are @ID @OneRow @Code @Verbatim { @PageBoxType { None } @PageBoxMargin { 1.00c } @@ -93,30 +93,28 @@ centimetre margin between its boundary and the page contents. If the left margin is 2.5 centimetres, say, this gives a total left margin from the page edge to the page contents of 3.5 centimetres. @PP -More generally, you can enclose each page in any object at all, by -means of the @Code "@PageEnclose" option: +More generally, you can enclose each page in any object at all, +using @Code "@PageEnclose": @ID @Code { "@PageEnclose { @Body }" } -Within this option, @Code "@Body" stands for the page, and it must -occur exactly once. You could place a curved box around each page, -for example, by writing +Within the @Code "@PageEnclose" option, @Code "@Body" stands for the +page, and it must occur exactly once. You could place a curved box +around each page, for example, by writing @ID @Code { "@PageEnclose { @CurveBox @Body }" } -This is of course also available from the @Code "@PageBox" symbols, but -with @Code "@PageEnclose" there are infinitely many other possibilities. +This could be done with {@Code "@PageBox"}, but @Code "@PageEnclose" +offers infinitely many possibilities. @PP -Finally, it is possible to have something other than the usual white -background on the page, using the @Code "@PageBackground" option: +@Code "@PageBackground" replaces the usual white background of the page: page.background @Index @Code "@PageBackground" @ID @Code { "@PageBackground { @Scale 60d @Rotate lightgrey @Colour DRAFT }" } -The value of the option is an object which is drawn on each page, -within the margins, before the page contents are drawn. This -example draws a large word DRAFT in light grey diagonally across each -page: +Its value is an object which is drawn on each page, within the +margins, before the page contents are drawn. This example draws +a large word DRAFT in light grey diagonally across each page: @ID @Box margin { 0c } 0.2 @Scale @IncludeGraphic draft.eps You have to find a suitable angle by experiment. As Section {@NumberOf scaling} explains, @Code "@Scale" with no scale factor |