Colin Klipsch's questions

[Jeff Kingston]

(1) The @Sym function... Uwe has answered this.

(2) Is there an easy way to set up an _outlined_ font in Lout?

    Not really.  If you build the font in PostScript, Lout has
    a @PrependGraphic command that allows you to load it at the
    front of your document.  And you can add a fontdef in the
    style of $(LOUTLIB)/include/fontdefs to tell Lout about it.
    After those two steps, you can use your font like any other.

(3) I'm arranging one of my documents in two-column landscape mode.
    Is there a way to have the TOC honor @ColumnNumber?

    In general the answer to this depends on the document type.
    I believe you can do it in simple "@Include { doc }" documents,
    just by putting @ContentsGoesHere in the right spot.  I think
    technical reports without cover sheets also do this.  What
    document type are you using?

(4) Lout was hyphenating "MacOS" as "Ma-cOS"

    Apart from "def @MacOS { "Mac" &- "OS" } or probably better
    def @MacOS { @OneCol "MacOS" } to prevent hyphenation
    altogether, the only option is to add it to the Exceptions
    list in file $(LOUTLIB)/hyph/english.lh and remover english.lp

    No, I lie; you can do this:

        def MacOS { "Mac" &- "OS" }

    Lout does not require symbols to begin with @.

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