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Conference vaxuum::document_ft

Title:DOCUMENT T1.0
Notice:**New notesfile (DOCUMENT.NOTE) now available (see note 897)**
Moderator:CLOSET::ADLER
Created:Mon Feb 09 1987
Last Modified:Thu Oct 31 1991
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:897
Total number of notes:4397

216.0. "Double Spacing?" by COOKIE::JOHNSTON () Tue Apr 07 1987 18:48

Will DOCUMENT provide double spacing in V1.0?  Perhaps via a <double_space> tag 
at the top of a .gnc file, or via a \double_space qualifier on the command
line?  Or something similar?

Double spacing sure would be nice for the review copies of documents.



Thanx

Rose





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216.1you could do a doctypeCLOSET::ANKLAMThu Apr 09 1987 16:077
    
    There must be something in the planets...I was asked this just
    yesterday, and it was the first time in 3 years! I'll put that on
    the list for 'minor enhancements' in the next version.
    
    patti
    
216.2What to modify?COOKIE::JOHNSTONThu Apr 09 1987 18:5911
Which command in the .dtp file needs to be modified, and how?

I don't want anything more than double spacing for sentences contained within
paragraphs.  Since new paragraphs are already double-spaced, and sometimes 
not indented, an extra line before them or indenting would 
be necessary to set the paragraphs off from other double-spaced text.  Long
and windy, but I think you know what I mean.

Thanx

Rose
216.3baselineskipCLOSET::ANKLAMFri Apr 10 1987 08:538
    
    I have never done it, but if I were to try what I would do is
    
    \def\normaltextfontspecs{\tenpoint\baselineskip=22pt}
    
    In other words, in whatever fonts are affected, just up the
    baselineskip.
    
216.4Another voteSARAH::P_DAVISPeter Davis, X-NYerFri Apr 10 1987 12:374
    I asked for this same feature in the DOCUMENT notes file, just to
    add another vote.  I'm not ready to start creating my own doctypes
    yet, but this seems common enough that there should be pre-defined
    ways to to it.
216.5PRINT/SPACE works for Draft Output DevicesCLOSET::ETZELMikeMon Apr 13 1987 15:428
    Try PRINT/SPACE to get double-spacing for an .LPR file (LINE), .TXT
    file (MAIL), and .TT (TERMINAL). I don't think it works for other
    devices.
    
    Of course, you can specify it in the DOCUMENT command line:
    
    	DOCU/PRINT=(SPACE,NOTIFY) ...
    
216.6WARNING WARNING, Kludge approaching on vector...BUNSUP::LITTLETodd Little NJCD SWS 323-4475Fri Apr 17 1987 14:2831
    You can do as Patti suggests without creating a new doctype.  All you
    need is a <INCLUDE_TEX_FILE> tag in your GNC file and have the included
    file contain the line modified from the design that defines the normal
    font specification.  The line as Patti gives it should work for most
    designs.

	\def\normaltextfontspecs{\tenpoint\baselineskip=22pt}


    If you're concerned about making paragraghs easier to find then you can
    also change:
    
        \paravskip=36pt
	\cparavskip=36pt

    or some similar value.

    I suspect to make it easier for your users, you could place the
    <INCLUDE_TEX_FILE> tag in your symbol definition file if you have
    one, and if not, just create a symbol definition file that includes
    the tag.  Your users can just say:

    $ DOCUMENT/SYMBOL=DOUBLE-SPACE filename doctype destinition



    Lastly,  I agree that this would be a nice feature for DOCUMENT to
    support directly.  Would probably require a great many changes though
    to support it "properly".

    -tl
216.7might bite you ...VAXUUM::SEGALFri Apr 17 1987 15:309
    Simply including TeX control sequences into a source file
    won't always produce the expected result. You can define
    the normal text font to be anything you like, but unless
    you put the change into the design file your redefinition
    will have no impact on the document until/unless 
    \normaltextfontspecs is actually invoked.  
    
    Lee