[co-pagedesign.tex] grid=yes not mentioned

* [co-pagedesign.tex] grid=yes not mentioned
@ 2012-10-18 10:34 Philipp Gesang
  2012-10-18 16:05 ` Peter Münster
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Philipp Gesang @ 2012-10-18 10:34 UTC (permalink / raw)
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Hi all,

in the page design manual the section “grid” does not mention
that the grid needs to be enabled by \setuplayout[grid=yes].
Although the “grid” parameter is briefly discussed alongside the
other parameters of \setuplayout, there is no hint at the
available snapping methods.

Philipp

--- co-pagedesign.tex.orig	2012-10-18 12:06:19.391924262 +0200
+++ co-pagedesign.tex	2012-10-18 12:33:38.226379268 +0200
@@ -605,7 +605,7 @@
 \NC columns             \NC number    \NC \NC\NR % Geen effect nog in MKII nog in MKIV
 \NC columndistance      \NC dimension \NC \NC\NR % Geen effect nog in MKII nog in MKIV
 \NC grid                \NC yes no    
-\NC Typsetting on the grid is activated with grid=on. \NC\NR
+\NC Typesetting on the grid is activated with grid=yes. \NC\NR
 \NC bottomspace         \NC dimension
 \NC \type{Bottomspace} increases the white space at the bottom of the page without altering the page-layout. \NC\NR 
 \NC cutspace            \NC dimension
@@ -767,6 +767,19 @@
 the last footnote!}
 \stopcolumns
 
+Grid typesetting is part of the page layout.
+To enable it globally, the parameter \type{grid} needs to be
+set to \type{yes} (or \type{normal}), which starts snapping
+with the default behavior. If this does not lead to the
+desired results, the value \type{strict} will adjust the
+grid more rigidly and \type{tolerant} more loosely.
+
+\startexample
+\starttyping
+\setuplayout[grid=yes]
+\stoptyping
+\stopexample
+
 During typesetting on a grid the heads, figures, formulas
 and the running text are set on a fixed line spacing. If a
 typographical component for any reason is not placed on the

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