Re: frame "thickness"

[andrea valle <valle@di.unito.it>]

Thanks for the search algorithm :-)

Best
-a-

On 20 Oct 2006, at 16:52, Aditya Mahajan wrote:

>
>
> On Fri, 20 Oct 2006, Wolfgang Schuster wrote:
>
>> 2006/10/20, andrea valle <valle@di.unito.it>:
>>>
>>>> By the way, is there a way where the command is listed?
>>>>
>>>
>>> (I mean, the option "ruledthickness" indeed)
>>>
>>> -a-
>>>
>>>
>>> Andrea Valle
>>
>>
>> Hi Anrea,
>>
>> the option rulethickness for the framed macro is nowhere listed in
>> one if the manuals, it is only mentioned in the wiki als parmater
>> for natural Tables 
>> http://wiki.contextgarden.net/TABLE#Make_a_cell_bold
>> and at the page for the animated euro sign
>> http://wiki.contextgarden.net/EuroAnim.
>>
>> It is currently missing in the commanindex setup-en.pdf (and the
>> neccesary file cont-en.xml).
>>
>> The best sources are only the sources if you want to know  which
>> options are available for every command.
>
> True indeed. This is what I usually do to find out about an option. 
> Search
> texwebshow for options. If it is there, read the manual for the
> description.
>
> If I do not find any relevant option, but know that ConTeXt ought to 
> have
> an option for what I want (which usually means that it will), look in 
> the
> sources. My strategy for searching the sources involves finding out 
> which
> source file defines the option. (search on sources.contextgarden.net 
> work
> for most cases, I use grep for the cases which are more trickier to 
> find).
> Most (all?) commands come with an accompanying \setup command, which
> initiallizes all the options for the command. This way, one knows 
> atleast
> which options a command will accept. In most cases guessing the
> functionality of an option is easy, as ConTeXt uses a consistent 
> interface
> for everything. Sometimes, when I have no clue what that option does, I
> search where the option is used. Most options are stored using
> \getparameters[\??xx] where xx is a two letter abbreviation. Then you 
> can
> search for \@@xxoption to see where it is used. That way, you can 
> usually
> guess what an option does.
>
> The sources also have some examples that are usually useful in
> understanding a few tricks about the command.
>
> If I still can not figure out, I ask on the mailing list.
>
> Aditya
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Andrea Valle
DAMS - Facoltà di Scienze della Formazione
Università degli Studi di Torino
http://www.semiotiche.it/andrea
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