| Title: | Online Bookbuilding |
| Notice: | This conference is write-locked: see note 1.3. |
| Moderator: | VAXUUM::UTT |
| Created: | Fri Aug 12 1988 |
| Last Modified: | Mon Jul 15 1991 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 440 |
| Total number of notes: | 2134 |
Hi,
I ran two of my books that have <note> <endnote> in them. In one
book the text came out bolded, but in a very very small point size.
In the other book I ran it came out bolded and what seems to be a
normal point size.
Ruth-Ellen
Version 1-2B of VAX DOCUMENT with online.reference
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| 308.1 | CLOSET::UTT | Mon Apr 02 1990 19:47 | 4 | ||
What context were they in -- i.e., were they in different contexts?
(Say, a reference template in one place, chapter text in another?)
Mary
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| 308.2 | context of notes | ZORBA::BURACK | Not Fade Away | Wed Apr 04 1990 13:20 | 16 |
Hi,
The very small text was regular chapter text that followed text or
a code_example.
The big text was a note in a <list> in a chapter also.
<le>....
.....
<note>
<le>
I think the small text is really too small to read.
Ruth-Ellen
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| 308.3 | ps. to -1 | ZORBA::BURACK | Not Fade Away | Wed Apr 04 1990 17:58 | 10 |
Well.. to add to confusion.
I just ran another book, and it has notes that follow paragraphs and
are in text and are coming out in the large text...
Not sure what else is different in that one book that has notes in
small print???? I will look at it some more.
Ruth-Ellen
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| 308.4 | send file... | CLOSET::UTT | Wed Apr 04 1990 18:45 | 9 | |
I can't think of any reason why the font specs for notes should change
(dynamically, as it were -- sure I can't sell this to you as a
feature? ;-)
Send me the chapter you mention in .2, and I'll take a look at it.
Thanks,
Mary
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| 308.5 | it was an <include> file | RAGMOP::UTT | Mon Apr 09 1990 15:54 | 22 | |
This problem turned out to be caused by an <include>d file that
defined a tag that, among other things, changed the font specifications
for notes. After the tag was used in the source files, notes were
displayed in 10-point, rather than 14-point, type.
The font specifications are one of the principle differences between
the online and hardcopy designs, for 2 reasons: 1) online fonts must
be bigger to be readable and 2) there are fewer fonts available on
DECwindows than on printers (at this time).
The use of included files that were designed for special hardcopy
formatting are, as a result, almost guaranteed to produce unacceptable
output for the Bookreader. Ruth-Ellen discovered one such result: the
output is in too small a font. If she had called out a font that did
not exist under DECwindows, text processing would have failed in
spectacular and incomprehensible ways.
Such files, then, should be used with great care (and DOCUMENT
expertise) if they are used at all (which, in my opinion, they
shouldn't be, but we all use/create hacks from time to time...)
Mary
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