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From: Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>
To: ntg-context@ntg.nl
Subject: Re: Wrong markings
Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2013 01:08:56 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <51DB4688.3020908@wxs.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130708223041.GD4884@homerow>

On 7/9/2013 12:30 AM, Marco Patzer wrote:
> On 2013–07–08 Hans Hagen wrote:
>
>>> I expect the markings on the left and right to be the same and show
>>> A–C on the first page and D–E on the second one. Looks like a bug to
>>> me.
>>
>> use top and bottom
>
> This works. Thanks.
>
>> -- previous : last before sync
>> -- next     : first after sync
>>
>> -- top      : first in sync
>> -- bottom   : last in sync
>>
>> -- first    : first not top in sync
>> -- last     : last not bottom in sync
>
> That is exactly what's in the wiki (Command/getmarking). To my
> defence: The manual (chapter 12.4) is outdated, it lists:
>
>    previous - the last of the previous page
>    first    - the first of the actual page
>    last     - the last of the actual page
>    both     - first — last
>    all      - previous — first — last
>
> I have no idea what “first not top in sync” means, in contrast to
> “first of the actual page”, which is quite clear but wrong on a
> current MkIV.

old tex terminology ... in mkiv i don't use the build-in-tex marks at 
all (too much juggling needed to get things right)

Hans


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      reply	other threads:[~2013-07-08 23:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-07-07 18:52 Marco Patzer
2013-07-08 21:56 ` Hans Hagen
2013-07-08 22:30   ` Marco Patzer
2013-07-08 23:08     ` Hans Hagen [this message]

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