eijkhout@s41.csrd.uiuc.edu (Victor Eijkhout) (01/28/91)
acmfiu@serss0.fiu.edu (ACMFIU) writes: >in plain tex, how would i be able to do the following: >foo 1. this is line one that will overprint > on the second line if possible. > 2. or text that fits on just one line. >foofoo 1. this is line one that will overprint > on the second line if posssible. > 2. or text that fits on just one line. \setbox0\hbox{foo } \hangindent\wd0 \noindent\box0 1. This is lineone that will overprint on the second line if possible\hfil\break 2. or text that fits on just one line Of course you write a macro around this mess... Victor.
allbery@NCoast.ORG (Brandon S. Allbery KB8JRR) (01/29/91)
As quoted from <1991Jan27.211543.29701@csrd.uiuc.edu> by eijkhout@s41.csrd.uiuc.edu (Victor Eijkhout): +--------------- | acmfiu@serss0.fiu.edu (ACMFIU) writes: | >foo 1. this is line one that will overprint | > on the second line if possible. | > 2. or text that fits on just one line. | | >foofoo 1. this is line one that will overprint | > on the second line if posssible. | > 2. or text that fits on just one line. | | \setbox0\hbox{foo } | \hangindent\wd0 \noindent\box0 | 1. This is lineone that will overprint | on the second line if possible\hfil\break | 2. or text that fits on just one line | | Of course you write a macro around this mess... +--------------- Or, for an automatic but possibly frangible version (note: the following code is approximate and untested; ncoast lacks TeX, not to mention the disk space for it): \everypar{\hangparagraph} \def\hangparagraph#1 {\setbox0\hbox{#1 } \hangindent\wd0 \noindent\box0\relax} % ^ this space is required! Which (for non-TeXnicians) means that every time a paragraph starts, the token "\hangparagraph" is inserted. \hangparagraph is then defined as a macro which takes the first word of the paragraph (defined as anything up to the first space) and sets up a hanging indent based on it, as described by Victor. (Why "frangible"? Because things like one-word paragraphs can fail. And there are probably other things that can also break it.) ++Brandon -- Me: Brandon S. Allbery VHF/UHF: KB8JRR on 220, 2m, 440 Internet: allbery@NCoast.ORG Packet: KB8JRR @ WA8BXN America OnLine: KB8JRR AMPR: KB8JRR.AmPR.ORG [44.70.4.88] uunet!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!ncoast!allbery Delphi: ALLBERY