mjc4y@batik.cs.Virginia.EDU (Matthew J. Conway) (03/16/91)
Is there something wrong with Framemaker (ver 2.0 under Xwindows) or is it just me? I can't seem to get letter spacing to come out right when using courier (good for code fragements I'm including in some documentation). A paragraph like : SUIT_setProperty (MyCounter, "current count", "int", &cur_count, sizeof(int), OBJECT, TEMPORARY) will get split (wrap) over two lines, which is OK, but why won't Frame respond to TABS placed before the "sizeof" on the second line, so as to indent it some(like I have it here)? When I hit the TAB key, Frame puts the TAB on the previous line and reduces the word spacing on that line (spacing which was way too big to begin with.) I have played with the word spacing parameters, tabs , and most everything else I can think of. and it seems to make very little difference. Can anybody tell me what I'm doing wrong? Thanks in advance. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Don't look so perplexed! Matthew J Conway Why must you be vexed? University of Virginia Can't you see you're next? Graduate Computer Science -B.B. "Rabbit of Seville" Charlottesville, VA 22901
robin@ntmtv.UUCP (Robin Coutellier) (03/22/91)
From article <1991Mar15.174707.11534@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>, by mjc4y@batik.cs.Virginia.EDU (Matthew J. Conway): > Is there something wrong with Framemaker (ver 2.0 under Xwindows) or > is it just me? I can't seem to get letter spacing to come out right when > using courier > (good for code fragements I'm including in some documentation). > > A paragraph like : > > SUIT_setProperty (MyCounter, "current count", "int", &cur_count, > sizeof(int), OBJECT, TEMPORARY) > will get split (wrap) over two lines, which is OK, but why won't Frame > respond to > TABS placed before the "sizeof" on the second line, so as to indent it > some(like I have it here)? > When I hit the TAB key, Frame puts the TAB on the previous line and > reduces the word > spacing on that line (spacing which was way too big to begin with.) > I have played with the word spacing parameters, tabs , and most > everything else I can think of. > and it seems to make very little difference. > Can anybody tell me what I'm doing wrong? > Thanks in advance. A better way to handle the problem is to NOT use a tab. Change the "Left" indent instead. The "First" indent in the Format>Paragraph... panel refers to the first line of the tagged item. The Left indent refers to all subsequent lines. If the First indent is 0.0", and the Left is 1.0", you should get the desired effect. The indents can be changed either by typing in the correct measurement in the Format>Paragraph panel or by clicking on the bottom triangle in the ruler and sliding it to the desired location (easier). Be sure to apply the change to the item and the catalog, however, regardless of which method was used to set the change. Hope this helps. Robin Coutellier Northern Telecom, Mountain View, CA {ames|amdahl|hplabs}!ntmtv!robin ntmtv!robin@ames.arpa