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Diffstat (limited to 'doc/user/tbl_setu')
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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/doc/user/tbl_setu b/doc/user/tbl_setu index 6caedbb..db5c400 100644 --- a/doc/user/tbl_setu +++ b/doc/user/tbl_setu @@ -9,14 +9,10 @@ tables.setup @SubIndex { setup file } setup.files. @RawIndex { setup files } setup.files.for.tables @SubIndex { for tables } in the @Code { tbl } setup file, in which case the new values become -the default values for every table in the document. This section -explains how to do it. Changing options in the setup file can save a -lot of time, but its more important purposes are to promote consistency -and to allow document-wide formatting changes to be carried out easily. -@PP -The first step is to obtain your own copy of the setup file, @Code { tbl }, -from the Lout system include directory. You can find out where that -is by typing +the default values for every table in the document, which promotes +consistency and can save you a lot of time. The first step is to +obtain your own copy of the setup file, @Code { tbl }, from the Lout +system include directory. You can find out where that is by typing @ID @Code { lout -V } This prints out various things about Lout. Supposing that it says that the Lout system include directory is @Code { "/usr/lout/include" }, for @@ -45,10 +41,9 @@ the @Code "@TblSetup" @Code "@Use" clause, which looks like this: # break { } } } -Only a few of the options are shown here. To change a setup file -option, delete the @Code "#" in front of it and change the value. For -example, suppose you want all table entries two points smaller than the -surrounding text: +Only a few of the options are shown here. To change an option, delete +the @Code "#" and change the value. For example, suppose you want all +table entries two points smaller than the surrounding text: @ID @OneRow @Code @Verbatim { @Use { @TblSetup # paint { none } @@ -56,8 +51,8 @@ surrounding text: # break { } } } -This relative specification of font size is available anywhere, not -just in setup files (Section {@NumberOf fonts}). +Relative font sizes are available anywhere, not just in setup files +(Section {@NumberOf fonts}). @PP Some setup file options contain values which use the @Code "@OrIfPlain" symbol: |