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At 09:10 PM 2/14/2003 +0800, you wrote:
For all you propeller-heads that like to see bad code here's my chapter heading setup:
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%output=pdf
%% chapter head layout \setupcolors[state=start] \setuplist[section] [style=boldslanted, align=right, interaction=all, symbol=1, width=0.5em, pagenumber=no, before=, after=] \setuphead[chapter] [header=empty, numberstyle=ChapterTitleNumberFont, textstyle=ChapterTitleTextFont alternative=command, command=\ContentsHead, page=right, after={\blank[2*big]}] \definefont[ChapterTitleTextFont][Serif at 24.9pt] \definefont[ChapterTitleNumberFont][SerifBold at 40pt] \def\ContentsHead#1#2% {\setupframed[frame=off]
^ add % here to prevent spurious space
\framed[width=\hsize,offset=overlay] {\placesidebyside {\doifelsenothing{#1}
or \doifmodeelse{*sectionnumber}
{\framed [width=.6\hsize]{}} % dummy {\framed [width=.6\hsize,offset=1em,strut=no,align=right, background=screen] {\vi In this chapter: \blank \placelist[section][criterium=chapter]}}} {\framed [width=.4\hsize,strut=no,align=left] %% Typeset Chapter Number {\hbox{\vbox to 24.9pt{% height ChapterTitleTextFont \vss #1}}} \vfilll} }% %% Typeset Chapter Title \llap{\lower24.9pt\hbox{#2\hskip0.5em}}}
\showmakeup
i didn't look how it looks (so i will not comment on that) about bad code: you will always need some low level coding to achieve certain effects; also the code does not look that bad -) Hans ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE | pragma@wxs.nl Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: +31 (0)38 477 53 69 | fax: +31 (0)38 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- information: http://www.pragma-ade.com/roadmap.pdf documentation: http://www.pragma-ade.com/showcase.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------