[duxuser] Re: skipped lines
- From: "George Bell" <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2002 18:39:45 -0000
Hi Lisette,
> 1. Is there a code in Duxbury which skips lines conditionally?
I suspect what you want is the code [sc1:0] between paragraphs. It certainly
works in my tests here.
The following is the technical explanation, which I have yet to translate into
plain English.
[scL:M:N] -- Skip lines conditionally, that is skip only if the line just above
is not blank. L is the number of lines normally skipped; M is an exceptional
value to use following a line that indicates change of reference page; N is an
exceptional value to use following a running head. (N or M may be omitted,
defaulting to L.) E.g. [sc1:0] would be commonly used for American braille, to
cause a skip after any non-blank line except a print page break line.
> 2. Is there a way of having duxbury predict where a running header needs to
> go?
Try the code [svant3] before the second chapter heading. Again, I've yet to
translate what follows! (smile)
[svantN] -- Set option for running headers and/or reference page numbers to be
anticipatory, i.e. to reflect any changes that take place on the page, rather
than the condition at top of page. N = 1 for running-head anticipatory, 2 =
reference page number, 3 = both, 0 = neither (which is the assumed value at
beginning of file).
George Bell
Techno-Vision Systems Ltd
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lisette Wesseling [mailto:Lisette.Wesseling@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 05 November 2002 17:00
> To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [duxuser] skipped lines
>
>
> Steve and George
>
> Thanks for your help with the tab stops. This works
> beautifully. Where would
> we all be without you?
>
> Now to my other questions
>
> 1. Is there a code in Duxbury which skips lines conditionally
> i.e. not if
> there is a page break where the [sk1] code is. I want a
> blank line after
> certain bits of text, but where a page break intervenes the blank line
> appears at the top of the next page which is not really
> necessary. If I
> block protect the whole lot it may move everything to a new
> page, wasting
> even more lines. So I just wondered if there was a "skip
> lines except for
> where a page break occurs" code? Maybe I'm asking too much.
>
> 2. Is there a way of having duxbury predict where a running
> header needs to
> go? I'll try to explain.
> page 1 has a heading Kittens Need Good Homes. I have also set
> a running
> header of the same name.
>
> The text underneath this heading runs on to page 2 and then
> onto page 3 line
> 3.
> Page 3 line 4: another heading Feeding your Kitten. running
> headerchanged
> to "feeding your kitten"
>
> The running header "Kittens need good homes" which I set at
> the beginning of
> page 1 appears on page 2 (as it should) but also on page 3,
> even though the
> majority of the text on page 3 is about feeding kittens.
> Is there a way of making DBT put the new running header on
> the next page at
> the top of that page, even though the former piece of text is still
> finishing off?
> Maybe I'm asking too much here.
> Hope somebody understands, 'cos not sure I do (grin) .
>
> Thanks
>
> Lisette
>
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