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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/user/typ_book | 28 | ||||
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diff --git a/doc/user/README b/doc/user/README index 22b735c..e03e324 100644 --- a/doc/user/README +++ b/doc/user/README @@ -34,4 +34,4 @@ A copy of the final PostScript output file (A4 paper size) is stored at "ftp://ftp.cs.su.oz.au/jeff/lout/lout-3.19.user.ps.gz". Jeffrey H. Kingston -11 May 2000 +3 June 2000 diff --git a/doc/user/all b/doc/user/all index cf518db..46c35f5 100644 --- a/doc/user/all +++ b/doc/user/all @@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ Lout Document Formatting System } @Author { Jeffrey H. Kingston } - @Edition { Version 3.21 -May, 2000 } + @Edition { Version 3.22 +June, 2000 } @Publisher { Copyright @CopyRight 1991, 2000 Jeffrey H. Kingston, Basser Department of Computer Science, diff --git a/doc/user/preface b/doc/user/preface index b136bb0..9569cab 100644 --- a/doc/user/preface +++ b/doc/user/preface @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ gnu. @Index { GNU Public License } primary source is directory @ID @Code "ftp://ftp.cs.usyd.edu.au/jeff/lout" in which may be found a gzipped tar file containing the main distribution -(currently {@Code "lout-3.21.tar.gz"}), and various other things including +(currently {@Code "lout-3.22.tar.gz"}), and various other things including a PostScript version of this guide. The distribution contains source code, libraries, documentation, license, and installation instructions. @PP diff --git a/doc/user/typ_book b/doc/user/typ_book index 34abde2..59d81e5 100644 --- a/doc/user/typ_book +++ b/doc/user/typ_book @@ -326,13 +326,29 @@ representative sample of these options, showing their default values: "}" } Section {@NumberOf setup} explains how to make your own setup file and -change its options. @Code "@TitlePageFont" is the font used on the title +change its options; here we just explain what the options do. +@PP +@Code "@TitlePageFont" is the font used on the title title.page.font. @Index @Code "@TitlePageFont" -page of the book, not including a size. @Code "@ChapterStartPages" -determines what kinds of pages chapters and other major components of the -book may begin on, and may be {@Code Any}, {@Code Odd}, or {@Code Even}, -meaning any page, odd-numbered pages only, or even-numbered pages -only. @Code "@SeparateIntroNumbering" +page of the book, not including a size. +@PP +@Code "@ChapterStartPages" determines what kinds of pages chapters and +chapter.start.pages @Index @Code "@ChapterStartPages" +other major components of the book may begin on, and may be {@Code Any}, +{@Code Odd}, or {@Code Even}, meaning any page, odd-numbered pages only, +or even-numbered pages only. It may also be {@Code SamePage}, which +means that chapters and appendices will continue directly after the +previous chapter or appendix, on the same page (other major components +such as the table of contents and index will start on a fresh page +as usual). If you switch to {@Code SamePage}, you will probably need +to adjust {@Code "@ChapterHeadingFont"} and {@Code "@AboveChapterGap"}, +described below, since their default values are intended for use with +chapters and appendices that start on a fresh page; and you will also +need to begin the body of your chapter with a paragraph symbol such as +@Code "@LP" or {@Code "@PP"}, since otherwise there will be no +vertical space between the chapter heading and body. +@PP +@Code "@SeparateIntroNumbering" separate.intro.numbering @Index @Code "@SeparateIntroNumbering" determines whether the introductory part of the book is to have a separate numbering sequence or not. @Code "@ReferencesBeforeAppendices" diff --git a/doc/user/typ_repo b/doc/user/typ_repo index 5cd70ba..a536b12 100644 --- a/doc/user/typ_repo +++ b/doc/user/typ_repo @@ -178,17 +178,14 @@ Finally we have three options that control the abstract. @Code "@AbstractDisplay" may be @Code { Yes } or {@Code No}; it determines whether the abstract is displayed (occupying the full page width except for an indent at each side like a quoted -display) or inline (occupying the column width). -@Code "@AbstractTitle" is the title of the abstract; its default -value is @Code Abstract or its equivalent in the current language. +display) or inline (occupying the column width). There is a more +general option, {@Code "@AbstractFormat"}, in the setup file that +offers more formatting choices. @Code "@AbstractTitle" is the title +of the abstract; its default value is @Code Abstract or its equivalent +in the current language. Finally, @Code "@Abstract" contains the abstract. @Index @Code "@Abstract" -Finally, @Code "@Abstract" contains the abstract itself; it may be -empty or absent, in which case there will be no abstract. -@PP -The abstract may contain footnotes in the usual way. Regrettably, each -footnote in the abstract will generate one spurious `unresolved cross -reference' error message that does not go away. This slight problem -might be fixed in the future. +abstract itself; it may be empty or absent, in which case there will +be no abstract. The abstract may contain footnotes in the usual way. @PP After the compulsory {@Code "//"} comes the report body in the form of a sequence of sections: |