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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

561.0. "including files" by DELNI::COLELLO () Thu Jun 25 1987 18:42

    I have something strange happening with an included file.
    My source file has an <include> file that includes a table file
    (coded <table>(title\symbol name)
           <table_setup>(4\14\14\14)
           <table_row>
              .
              .
              .
           <endtable> 
    
    (not the <table_file> tag)
    
    When I process the table file alone no problem.  When I process
    it with s.h no problem.  (looks the same) When I process it with
    a local design, (as I did when processed alone) the columns overlap.
    Any ideas?
    
    thanks,
    Bette JEan

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
561.1	Also seen the problem	BUNSUP::LITTLE	Todd Little NJCD SWS 323-4475	`Thu Jun 25 1987 19:00`	9
	I don't think it has anything to do with being "included". I've seen a similar problem where columns overlap in some doctypes and not others. I can't say whats causing it, but in my case, its always been the doctype that has wider margins, i.e. less horizontal space to set the table in. Have you tried WIDE or MAXIMUM on the table attributes tag? If the offending doctype has a gutter, one or both of those tags will allow DOCUMENT to set the table into the gutter. -tl
561.2	Diff the doctypes	CLOSET::SEGAL		`Fri Jun 26 1987 09:44`	11
	You might also check whether your local doctype makes modifications to \uchyph, typeface point size (larger the size, harder it is to format narrow columns), or any of the numerous hyphen parameters. If you've restricted double hyphens, club lines, etc., you could have left very little flexibility when things get tight. TeX does NOT permit letterspacing, so the only place to make adjustments is between the words or with hyphenation. Most of this nasty stuff doesn't happen if you're using \raggedrightspacing for the document text. Lee
561.3	uhmmmm	DELNI::COLELLO		`Fri Jun 26 1987 10:56`	15
	Your explaination makes a lot of sense, especially where I have justified text for my \normaltextfontspecs and \raggedright for tables. BUT why do I get 2 different outputs using the SAME design when 1 is processed by itself and the 2nd is processed as an included file. The <table_attribute>(wide) is set, but that just pushed it to the left margin instead of a \blockindent of 2pc... I've used the <line> to ensure correct output, but I just thought it was peculiar. Bette JEan I do not have \uchyph set in my .dtp file and I don't want to start fooling around with hyphenation parameters... as I do not understand them and what they all do...
561.4	use DIFF	CLOSET::ANKLAM		`Fri Jun 26 1987 12:14`	5
	you could start to see what the difference is by running DIFF over the .TEX files.
561.5	no diff	DELNI::COLELLO		`Wed Jul 01 1987 15:01`	12
	There was absolutely no diff between the 2 .tex files -- 1. When processed by itself 2. When included into the source file, but the output was extremely different. The way it handled column widths, is the difference. When processed alone it is much more readable, the columns do NOT overlap. When included into the source file, the columns and rows are formatted differently...
561.6	change in context?	VAXUUM::SEGAL		`Wed Jul 01 1987 18:29`	7
	Does the table cross a page boundary? And if so, do you lose ragged right after that? You can't use (even though some older doctypes had this spec) raggedright tables with justified doctypes sucessfully. V1.0 will also contain this restriction, but the item is on the wishlist. Lee