[duxuser] Re: Applying styles to highlighted text
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- Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2002 16:10:53 -0700
I think I've got it figured out.
If you're applying a nestable style like "compinline" or "box," the
begin- and end-style codes go immediately before and after the text that
you've highlighted (selected).
With linear styles like "para.", "list.", "h1.", etc. (any with a period
at the end), the beginning code will be placed right after the carriage
return, end line command, or ending code of another linear style that
precedes the highlighted text. The ending code with go just before the
next [<], [l], or opening linear style code AFTER what's highlighted.
In fact, you don't even have to highlight anything. The cursor can just
be anywhere in the "paragraph" you want, and the style you select is
applied to the whole section between carriage returns, etc.
I used to have trouble when trying to apply a heading style to text
after a print page break in a textbook. I'd put in the [lea] code and
print page number, then a heading, which I wanted in the h1. or h2.
style. The opening style code would end up before the [lea] command.
Now I know I should put the line end code [l] after the page number, and
it works correctly. (A carriage return after the page number gives an
unwanted skipped line.)
I ended up answering my own question because I'm not working on anything
with a deadline right now and decided to experiment. I hope all this is
helpful to someone besides me. --Lynn
-----Original Message-----
From: Lynn Carroll
Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2002 2:53 PM
To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [duxuser] Re: Applying styles to highlighted text
I will next try to reproduce my problem with getting extra stuff at the
front end. Also, check how nestable styles differ. "list." is a linear
style, meaning it applies to whole "paragraphs". I'd like to figure out
a set of rules describing the placement of the style beginnings and
endings in all situations. If someone already knows this, please speak
up now!
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