From: Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>
To: ntg-context@ntg.nl
Subject: Re: Testpage with extras
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2014 11:18:02 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <52EB785A.5000303@wxs.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <15FF11DF-E7B1-4E41-9E44-7BFF5C8D23A1@uni-trier.de>
On 1/31/2014 10:46 AM, Keith J. Schultz wrote:
> Personally, I find the names used sub-optimal!
we had testpage and that one stays anyway and checkpage is close to that
(overloading testpage with a new syntax is messy)
> I would think something like conditionalbreak or conditionalpagebreak
> would be better and verbose.
the new check command could evolve in more than break .. in fact it just
checks and then does some action (not per se a break)
> Other names could be ifpagelength, ifpagelengthstill, leftonpage, or
> something similar.
one can say
\definepagechecker[leftonpage]
and then use it like
\chechpage[leftonpage]
> I assume you have implemented checkpage as an added layer on top
> of testpage!
no, the reverse
> At least the test is if X lines left on page or still fit on page!
>
> I also have a question. Are the commands setuppagechecker sothat
>
> \definepagechecker[whatever]
>
> \setuppagechecker[whatever]
> [lines=35,
> voffset=10pt,
> before={\vfill\wordright{(see next page)}\par},
> after=\noindentation]
>
> and also
>
> \checkpage [lines=35,
> voffset=10pt,
> before={\vfill\wordright{(see next page)}\par},
> after=\noindentation]
in that case you use those values, while
\checkpage
[whatever]
[lines=12]
would overload given whatever values
> Question: what is the voffset used for? Line height? If so then a
better
> name for this
> would be nice, too!
it's 'offset' ... and it's like the second argument of testpage (i can't
think of another key so i've chosen one that already is part of context,
which has advantages)
> regards
> Keith.
>
> Am 30.01.2014 um 22:23 schrieb Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl
> <mailto:pragma@wxs.nl>>:
> [snip, snip]
>> new in beta .... please wikify ...
>>
>> \definepagechecker
>> [whatever]
>> [lines=35,
>> voffset=10pt,
>> before={\vfill\wordright{(see next page)}\par},
>> after=\noindentation]
>>
>> \setupindenting[yes,9pt,first]
>>
>> \starttext
>> \noindentation
>> \input knuth\par
>> \input knuth\par
>> \noindentation
>> \input knuth\par
>> \checkpage[whatever]
>> \input knuth\par
>> \input knuth\par
>> \stoptext
>>
>> ... i assume that others (read: Wolfgang) will check if the old
>> testpage is compatible -)
>>
>> Hans
>>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-01-31 10:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-01-30 11:34 "H. Özoguz"
2014-01-30 21:23 ` Hans Hagen
2014-01-31 9:46 ` Keith J. Schultz
2014-01-31 10:18 ` Hans Hagen [this message]
2014-02-01 9:15 ` Keith J. Schultz
2014-02-01 11:03 ` Hans Hagen
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2014-01-30 9:37 "H. Özoguz"
2014-01-30 11:23 ` Hans Hagen
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