From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/519 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Hans Hagen Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Cloning versus copying Date: Sat, 05 Jun 1999 14:49:28 +0200 Sender: owner-ntg-context@let.uu.nl Message-ID: <37591CD8.7F981551@wxs.nl> References: <3.0.5.32.19990604234415.0084fdb0@mail.northcoast.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035391371 24655 80.91.224.250 (23 Oct 2002 16:42:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 16:42:51 +0000 (UTC) Cc: ntg-context@ntg.nl Original-To: David Arnold Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:519 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:519 David Arnold wrote: > What's the difference between cloning and copying, as in the following file? A clone canhave its own settings, and therefore takes more resources in the pdf file, while a copy is a 1 to one copy. So, a same field can have a left|center|right aligned alternative as clone, but not as copy (the same field repeated on different pages butwith the same appearance). When using \definemainfield instead of \definefield, fields are copied automatically when multiple \field[name] calls occur. [As soon as I've reasons to use them (some projects needing fields or so), I will make some more examples in the process.] Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------