wex@MCC.COM (Alan Wexelblat) (12/10/87)
Recently, I put together some pages which looked roughly like this: +--------------------------------+ | | | | | | | | | <text> | <text> | <text> | |--------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | <text> | <text> | <text> | |--------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | <text> | <text> | <text> | +--------------------------------+ That is, the page was divided into nine rectangles (with some margins on all sides and a little space between the rectangles). Each of the rectangles contained some text - all the texts were different and unconnected, though each used similar tab positions (eg line centered within rectangle). There were 11 such pages. What software/hardware would you have used to do this project and why? --Alan Wexelblat ARPA: WEX@MCC.COM UUCP: {harvard, gatech, pyramid, &c.}!sally!im4u!milano!wex "He's just a techno-twinkie with a mean streak." ---------------------------------------- Submissions to: desktop%plaid@sun.com -OR- sun!plaid!desktop Administrivia to: desktop-request%plaid@sun.com -OR- sun!plaid!desktop-request Paths: {ihnp4,decwrl,hplabs,seismo,ucbvax}!sun
cje@elbereth.rutgers.edu (Cthulhu's Jersey Epopt) (12/15/87)
> Recently, I put together some pages which looked roughly like this: > > +--------------------------------+ > | | | | > | | | | > | <text> | <text> | <text> | > |--------------------------------| > | | | | > | | | | > | <text> | <text> | <text> | > |--------------------------------| > | | | | > | | | | > | <text> | <text> | <text> | > +--------------------------------+ > > What software/hardware would you have used to do this project and why? LaTeX's \parbox and/or \framebox commands would have done this. I'd have used it because 1) That's what occurred to me first 2) The resolution is great 3) It's available for micros and mainframes, so I could do it and know many different installations could print it 4) TeX's hyphenation vs. linebreak algorithms are very sophisticated 5) I could type the text, add the appropriate commands, and format; none of this "Grab portion of first column, paste here, next page, grab next portion..." stuff Not to say other packages couldn't have done the job as easily; I just haven't seen them. -- Chris Jarocha-Ernst UUCP: {ames, cbosgd, harvard, moss, seismo}!rutgers!elbereth.rutgers.edu!cje ARPA: JAROCHAERNST@ZODIAC.RUTGERS.EDU ---------------------------------------- Submissions to: desktop%plaid@sun.com -OR- sun!plaid!desktop Administrivia to: desktop-request%plaid@sun.com -OR- sun!plaid!desktop-request Paths: {ihnp4,decwrl,hplabs,seismo,ucbvax}!sun --- Chuq "Fixed in 4.0" Von Rospach chuq@sun.COM Delphi: CHUQ
chuq@plaid.Sun.COM (Chuq Von Rospach) (12/15/87)
>That is, the page was divided into nine rectangles (with some margins >on all sides and a little space between the rectangles). Each of the >rectangles contained some text - all the texts were different and >unconnected, though each used similar tab positions (eg line centered >within rectangle). There were 11 such pages. >What software/hardware would you have used to do this project and why? Well, I haven't tried it yet, but Ready, Set, Go! 4.0 now supports tabloid size pages up to 99"x99" for printout on a standard LaserWriter page. it'll let you paste things up as a single page, and then split it up (with cut and registration marks) to be print out. Looks rather neat. And RSG4 is a neat program. having just finished the latest OtherRealms, it's more than survived the trial by fire. chuq ---------------------------------------- Submissions to: desktop%plaid@sun.com -OR- sun!plaid!desktop Administrivia to: desktop-request%plaid@sun.com -OR- sun!plaid!desktop-request Paths: {ihnp4,decwrl,hplabs,seismo,ucbvax}!sun --- Chuq "Fixed in 4.0" Von Rospach chuq@sun.COM Delphi: CHUQ