Re: How to do Conditional Formatting?

[Pierre]

Le Thursday 31 May 2012 à 13:08 -0700, Michael Koehmstedt, RenPet a
écrit :
> Hello,
> 
> I'd like to know how conditional formatting could be handled in Lout.
> Here's some Psuedo C code that demonstrates what I'm after:
> 
> if ( canFitOnTheCurrentPage( text ) )
>      print( text );
> else {
>      print( "See attached page" );
>      newLine( );
>      print( slightlyDifferentText );
> }
> 
> I have an inkling of how I might be able to accomplish this with a
> cross-reference symbol and a two-pass run but if someone with
> experience could give me some advice I'd much appreciate it.

Knowing what you are really trying to achieve (instead of "Psuedo C
code") would help. -btw my C is probably a bit out of date but *erm
cough cough cough*.
Maybe an example in Lout and why it doesn't work for you?
Off the top of my head a lot of "place"-type options have a "try"
variant, that and a "container" should do the trick. I'm unclear on the
"slightlyDifferentText" part though. 
Again, what are you really trying to do?


Regards,
Pierre