Re: Scheme question

[Rick Hansen (aka RickH)]

Thanks, so line-width will take whatever is left over after the margins are
set and the paper size established?




Han-Wen Nienhuys-2 wrote:
> 
> Rick Hansen (aka RickH) schreef:
>> I would like to "dynamically generate" values for the following 3
>> hard-coded
>> properties based on a rule, and the current default paper size, but I
>> dont
>> know scheme:
>> 
>>      paper-height = 11.0\in
>>      paper-width = 8.5\in
>>      line-width = 7.7\in
>> 
>> So basically how would I code the above hard coded values to be math
>> expressions based on the following rule:
>> 
>> I always want my left and right margins to be .4 inches.
>> 
>> So the formula for line with would be (default paper width - .8)
>> 
>> The formula for paper-height and paper-width would be whatever the
>> default
>> paper currently is, but I dont know how to set it from those values.
> 
> this is possible in CVS by doing
> 
> \paper {
>    right-margin = #(* 5 cm)
>    left-margin = #(*  5 cm)
>    #(set-paper-size "a4")
> }
> 
> 
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