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To: Thomas Michanek <thomas.michanek@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Tabbed text wrapping when not desired
From: chawtrey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Charles Hawtrey)
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 10:42:06 +0100
Cc: Jay Smith <jay@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Frame List <Framers@xxxxxxxxx>
In-reply-to: <09b701c3966d$adf5bab0$9790143e@telia.com>
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Would it be possible to put the text into a run-in pgf style and the prices into an ordinary style with tabs to suit? Note: I've not tried this - it's just an idea. Charles Thomas Michanek wrote: >Jay, >I don't think there's any way to automate what you're describing, >given the constraints and requirements you have. > >The "simplest" solution would be to always allow the prices to >occupy a separate line, even if they would fit on the last line >of the description. Would this be totally out of the question? > >Another similar idea is to always put the prices in a separate >paragraph, whose Space Above is defined as negative, with the >same value as the line spacing. If the paragraph for the >description text has the same negative Space Below, the price >paragraph will move up to the same line as the last line of >the description text. This is what you would like when the >last line of the description is short, but when it's too long >the prices will "overwrite" the last part of the description. >This could be avoided by using a separate paragraph format >for the description text in those cases. > >To fully automate this, you need to know how long the last line >of the description text will be. Depending on its length, you >assign one of two different paragraph formats in the generated >MIF. Would this be feasible? > > > ** To unsubscribe, send a message to majordomo@omsys.com ** ** with "unsubscribe framers" (no quotes) in the body. **