epigraph

epigraph

[Simon Pepping]

I am trying to find out how to format a so-called epigraph, a motto at
the start of an article or section. I have made this construct:

\tabskip=0pt plus 1fill
\halign to\hsize{#\hfil\tabskip=0pt\cr
``The sky is blue''\cr
``The sky is very blue''\cr
\noalign{\vskip 6pt}
\hfill {Simon Pepping}\cr
}

It is very plain TeX. Is there a higher level Context construct that
would be appropriate here?

Regards, Simon

-- 
Simon Pepping
email: spepping@scaprea.hobby.nl

Re: epigraph

[Bruce D'Arcus]

On Thursday, November 28, 2002, at 02:47 PM, Simon Pepping wrote:

> Is there a higher level Context construct that
> would be appropriate here?

And shouldn't we have an epigraph environment Hans?   ;-)

Bruce

Re[2]: epigraph

[Giuseppe Bilotta]

Thursday, November 28, 2002 Bruce D'Arcus wrote:


BDA> On Thursday, November 28, 2002, at 02:47 PM, Simon Pepping wrote:

>> Is there a higher level Context construct that
>> would be appropriate here?

BDA> And shouldn't we have an epigraph environment Hans?   ;-)

You can use the xdesc module I developed to define a very
flexible epigraph environment (i.e. one which also allows you to
have a "list of epigraphs" etc).

-- 
Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta

Re[2]: epigraph

[Giuseppe Bilotta]

Thursday, November 28, 2002 Bruce D'Arcus wrote:


BDA> On Thursday, November 28, 2002, at 02:47 PM, Simon Pepping wrote:

>> Is there a higher level Context construct that
>> would be appropriate here?

BDA> And shouldn't we have an epigraph environment Hans?   ;-)

You can use the xdesc module I developed to define a very
flexible epigraph environment (i.e. one which also allows you to
have a "list of epigraphs" etc).

-- 
Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta

Re: Re[2]: epigraph

[Bruce D'Arcus]

On Friday, November 29, 2002, at 06:30 AM, Giuseppe Bilotta wrote:

> Thursday, November 28, 2002 Bruce D'Arcus wrote:
> BDA> On Thursday, November 28, 2002, at 02:47 PM, Simon Pepping wrote:
>
>>> Is there a higher level Context construct that
>>> would be appropriate here?
>
> BDA> And shouldn't we have an epigraph environment Hans?   ;-)
>
> You can use the xdesc module I developed to define a very
> flexible epigraph environment (i.e. one which also allows you to
> have a "list of epigraphs" etc).

"You" in this context is me, as an individual?  The issue I have here 
(and it may well not be an issue, since I'm not sure I grasp every 
detail) is the one I mentioned last week:

If we are going to be able to have elegant and flexible typesetting of 
DocBook files, shouldn't DocBook structures like epigraph be in the 
core?  Simon shouldn't have to generate lower-level code for these sort 
of things (the meta info stuff as well) with his project, because it 
then becomes more difficult for the user to customize output (and for 
him to maintain the code?).

Or am I missing something?

Bruce

Re[4]: epigraph

[Giuseppe Bilotta]

Friday, November 29, 2002 Bruce D'Arcus wrote:

>> You can use the xdesc module I developed to define a very
>> flexible epigraph environment (i.e. one which also allows you to
>> have a "list of epigraphs" etc).

BDA> "You" in this context is me, as an individual?

Yes.

BDA>   The issue I have here 
BDA> (and it may well not be an issue, since I'm not sure I grasp every 
BDA> detail) is the one I mentioned last week:

BDA> If we are going to be able to have elegant and flexible typesetting of 
BDA> DocBook files, shouldn't DocBook structures like epigraph be in the 
BDA> core?  Simon shouldn't have to generate lower-level code for these sort 
BDA> of things (the meta info stuff as well) with his project, because it 
BDA> then becomes more difficult for the user to customize output (and for 
BDA> him to maintain the code?).

BDA> Or am I missing something?

You're not. IMO the whole xdesc module should get into the core
--it can work as a base for bibliographies, too, for example.

-- 
Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta

Re: Re[2]: epigraph

[Simon Pepping]

On Fri, Nov 29, 2002 at 08:11:17AM -0500, Bruce D'Arcus wrote:
> 
> On Friday, November 29, 2002, at 06:30 AM, Giuseppe Bilotta wrote:
> 
> >You can use the xdesc module I developed to define a very
> >flexible epigraph environment (i.e. one which also allows you to
> >have a "list of epigraphs" etc).

Where do I find it?
 
> If we are going to be able to have elegant and flexible typesetting of 
> DocBook files, shouldn't DocBook structures like epigraph be in the 
> core?  Simon shouldn't have to generate lower-level code for these sort 
> of things (the meta info stuff as well) with his project, because it 
> then becomes more difficult for the user to customize output (and for 
> him to maintain the code?).

If in DocbookInContext I map to a Context construct, then the user can
use the configuration options of that construct. If I use a low-level
construct, then the user can only use the configuration options that I
program in (or any other contributor). I would like to avoid that.

Regards, Simon

-- 
Simon Pepping
email: spepping@scaprea.hobby.nl

Re[4]: epigraph

[Giuseppe Bilotta]

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Friday, November 29, 2002 Simon Pepping wrote:

>> On Friday, November 29, 2002, at 06:30 AM, Giuseppe Bilotta wrote:
>> 
>> >You can use the xdesc module I developed to define a very
>> >flexible epigraph environment (i.e. one which also allows you to
>> >have a "list of epigraphs" etc).

SP> Where do I find it?
 
I think I posted it on-group some time ago ... but anyway, here it
is again (it's not that big ...)

-- 
Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta

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