Re: Preaching DSSSL (Re: using LOUT)

[dkampman]

Some comments on this subject:

1.

On Wed, 27 Aug 1997, Valeriy E. Ushakov wrote:

> On Wed, Aug 27, 1997 at 10:43:14AM +0200, address@hidden wrote:

2. 


> > 2. Line spacing with, for instance, "2fc @Break" did not give any
> >    result. I do not understand why.
> 
> `2fc' is not a valid gap.  Both `f' (font size) and `c' (centimeter)
> are length units.  You need to specify gap mode with the secod letter
> or omit it, in which case default mode `e' (edge-to-edge) will be
> used.
> 
> It's strange that it gives no results.  "unknown gap mode" error is
> reported by Lout in this situation.

I was referring to p.20 of the Lout Users's Guide, and I ought to quote
"2vx @Break" or "2fx @Break" which did not work in my document. I still do
not understand why. 

3.

> > 4. How can i make a white block from the top of my page to the
> >    middle of the page?
> 
> Again, why?  

I am interested in as easy as posssible to use PostScriptproducing layout
systems. Sometimes I would like to make half a page blank out of, 
for instance, graphical considerations. These graphical actions are not
always simple in Lout.

4. I have not worked up to no with SGML/DSSSL. Can these languages (?)
produce PostScriptfiles?


Dick Kampman
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