From: Fulvio Satta <yotavga@gmail.com>
To: ntg-context@ntg.nl
Subject: Re: Constraint in line numbers
Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2011 03:31:23 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20111223033123.4becc600@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAG5iGsAJJ=Tc1EmoEPqkB6T8AZArUSZoUq8_qVdJqcZMvUsNgA@mail.gmail.com>
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Il giorno Thu, 22 Dec 2011 09:32:01 +0100
luigi scarso <luigi.scarso@gmail.com> ha scritto:
> On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 8:57 AM, Wolfgang Schuster
> <schuster.wolfgang@googlemail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Am 21.12.2011 um 18:19 schrieb Fulvio:
> >
> >> Hi, this is my first message in this ml ;)
> >>
> >> Well, I've a stupid constraint in a work: I must limit the number
> >> of lines in a page. I have to have 32-35 lines on each page.
> >>
> >> Now, the task isn't too complex in principle, I can work on
> >> interline sizes and glues, but this way is a little bit tricky.
> >> I wonder if there is a better (and elegant) way to manage the
> >> problem.
> >
> > You can the number of lines on a page with the \setuplayout command.
> >
> > \setuplayout[lines=20]
> > \starttext
> > \dorecurse{100}{Line \recurselevel\par}
> > \stoptext
> >
> > Wolfang
> Of course there is a static idea of "line" that depends on the
> current font and a dynamic idea of row that depends on the current
> document: here is an exaggerated example
>
> \setuplayout[lines=20]
> \newdimen\T \T=1.5mm
> \starttext
> \dorecurse{40}{\ruledvbox{Line \recurselevel}\par}
> \dorecurse{100}{\ruledvbox{Line \recurselevel\vrule width1pt height
> \recurselevel\T depth \recurselevel\T}\par}
> \stoptext
>
Very good hints, thank you! I'll investigate on them in the next few
days! :)
Fulvio
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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-12-21 17:19 Fulvio
2011-12-22 7:57 ` Wolfgang Schuster
2011-12-22 8:32 ` luigi scarso
2011-12-23 2:31 ` Fulvio Satta [this message]
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