| 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 |
In trying to shift the title of a document to a position where it can
be seen through a pre-punched window in a cover, I'm interested to know
what exactly the \block macro does. I know the <line> expands to
\block{1} , so what does \block{8} do?
Theo
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 719.1 | It justifies leftmargin of text by \blockindent | IJSAPL::KLERK | Theo de Klerk | Tue Jul 28 1987 12:54 | 19 |
Ok, so I found out shortly afterwards (it's mostly like that: you give
up and then you find it)
\block{n} re-defines the current left edge of the printed text to start
at the n-th block indent, as defined by \blockindent. Effectively, it
shifts the left margin of the text. Quite useful!
\blockindent=2ex \block{1}
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx \block{2}
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx \block{3}
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxxxxxx \block{4}
xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Theo
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