From 78c2bcf9e96ab00615ee6f96905bca78fcd52a00 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Jeffrey H. Kingston" Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 20:38:23 +0000 Subject: Lout 3.27. git-svn-id: http://svn.savannah.nongnu.org/svn/lout/trunk@23 9365b830-b601-4143-9ba8-b4a8e2c3339c --- doc/user/pie_erro | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/user/pie_erro (limited to 'doc/user/pie_erro') diff --git a/doc/user/pie_erro b/doc/user/pie_erro new file mode 100644 index 0000000..fc8ed1c --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/user/pie_erro @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ +@Section + @Title { Errors } + @Tag { pie_erro } +@Begin +@PP +Lout normally produces output that will print without mishap on +errors. @RawIndex { errors } +errors.pie @SubIndex { in pie graphs } +piegraphs. @RawIndex { pie graphs } +piegraphs.errors @SubIndex { errors } +any PostScript device. However, some of the options of @Code "@Pie" +and @Code "@Slice" are passed through Lout without checking. Any +errors in this material will not be detected until the file is printed. +@PP +When an error is detected, the offending page is printed up to the +point where the error occurred, with a message nearby describing +the error. Printing of the document is then aborted. The problem +is usually easy to locate since it lies in whatever should have +been printed next. +@PP +Like {@Code "@Diag"} and {@Code "@Graph"}, @Code "@Pie" has a +@Code "save" option which causes the memory used by the pie graph +save. @RawIndex { @Code "save" option } +save.in.pie @SubIndex { in pie graphs } +piegraphs. @RawIndex { pie graphs } +piegraphs.save @SubIndex { @Code "save" option } +to be reclaimed as soon as it is printed: +@ID @OneRow @Code @Verbatim { +@Pie + save { yes } +... +} +However @Code "@Pie" uses very little memory and so this option is +probably not going to be needed. +@End @Section -- cgit