From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/3292 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Hans Hagen Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: multi-column spread control (was Re: beginner's questions) Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 08:49:03 +0100 Sender: owner-ntg-context@let.uu.nl Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.20001114084903.01544100@pop.wxs.nl> References: <20001112113730.1EF2A2317E@client44-3.kabela.oprit.rug.nl> <3.0.6.32.20001113103749.01cafc00@pop.wxs.nl> <3.0.6.32.20001113181723.015ed100@pop.wxs.nl> NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035394033 15773 80.91.224.250 (23 Oct 2002 17:27:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 17:27:13 +0000 (UTC) Cc: ntg-context@ntg.nl Original-To: Ed L Cashin In-Reply-To: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:3292 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:3292 At 01:44 PM 11/13/00 -0500, Ed L Cashin wrote: >Hans Hagen writes: >That sounds interesting. What's an otr? :) an output routine, when tex has collected enough content to fit in the page, or when explicitly asked for, tex will invoke the otr, which then is supposed to do something with the collected content, like wrapping it up and shipping it out; the call is actually an expansion of the token list \output. \output {\shipout\vbox {\ruledhbox{Hi Ed} \ruledvbox{\box255} \ruledhbox{Do You Get it?}}} \input tufte Normally you want to stay far away from this, since misuse may spoil all housekeeping. Hans ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: +31 (0)38 477 53 69 | fax: +31 (0)38 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------