On 17-Mar-2015 18:00:47 Heinz-Jürgen Oertel wrote: > Am Dienstag, 17. März 2015, 15:34:59 schrieb Dorai Sitaram: >> If I set registers PO and LL and also set PS and VS, the values of PO and >> LL seem to revert to the default values. It doesn't seem to matter which >> order I set these registers in (all done in the preamble of the document of >> course). What is a way to make all settings of these four registers stick? >> thanks,--d > > > For me it works as expected. Suppose this input > ----------------------------------------------- > .nr PO 4c > .nr LL 10c > .nr PS 20 > .nr VS 22 > .LP > This is a line following the settings above. > This is a line following the settings above. > This is a line following the settings above. > This is a line following the settings above. > This is a line following the settings above. > This is a line following the settings above. > This is a line following the settings above. > ----------------------------------------------- > The result is attached as PDF. > > Heinz
The ms macros have a somewhat deeply hidden mechanism of storing the existing values of page-offset, line-length and the like which can cause the kind of effect that Dorai observes. If I intend a non-default page offset (e.g. 0.75i) to be in force from the very start of the document, then I would use the two requests (in the order shown): .po 0.75i .nr PO 0.75i and make sure that they were placed before anything else which could trigger a "new page" set-up. Similarly: .ll 6.75i \"standard LL + 6/8" .nr LL 6.75i Likewise, if I want to change these in the course of a document, I would again use such pairs of requests. This does not, of course, impede changing line length in the middle of a paragraph: .LP These lines are printed using the standard line-length. These lines are printed using the standard line-length. These lines are printed using the standard line-length. .ll -1i But these lines will be printed 1 inch shorter. But these lines will be printed 1 inch shorter. But these lines will be printed 1 inch shorter. But these lines will be printed 1 inch shorter. .ll And now these lines are again printed using the standard line-length. And now these lines are afain printed using the standard line-length. Or, if you don't need the final lines (with standard length), then the next new-paragraph macro (.LP, .PP, .IP, .XP) will look up the values of .ll etc. which were in force before the in-paragraph ".ll" (unless also change in ".nr LL"). Hoping this helps, Ted. PS: Dorai, it could help to clarify the issue is you would give an example of input where the effect you observed occurs. ------------------------------------------------- E-Mail: (Ted Harding) <ted.hard...@wlandres.net> Date: 17-Mar-2015 Time: 18:30:03 This message was sent by XFMail -------------------------------------------------
