Re: New User Question, Centrering Lines.

[Valeriy E. Ushakov]

On Fri, 10 May 1996 address@hidden wrote:

> I've just started to try using Lout.  I'm having problems centrering
> lines.  This fails, the `Yours' appears at the same indent as the
> `Some'.
> 
>     @PP
>     Some text, some text, some text, some text, some text, some text,
>     some text, some text, some text, some text, some text, some text.
>     @PP
>     clines @Break { Yours, }
>     @PP
>     Some text, some text, some text, some text, some text, some text,
>     some text, some text, some text, some text, some text, some text.
>     @PP
> 
> But adding a @OneRow or @OneCol works:
>
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>
> Why does @OneRow make this work since `Yours,' should only have one row
> marker anyway?

Well, omiting the magic (for I'm not shure about the exact reasons
myself :-), just write

        @LP
        clines @Break { Yours, }

The simplest motivation (not an explanation) is that @PP adds an
indent to the firsr line of the paragraph. But for centered paragraph
you just don't need this indentation so use @LP instead.

In fact
        @PP
        clines @Break { Yours, }
is
        //@ParaGap
            { @ParaIndent @Wide {} }
        &0i { clines @Break { Yours, } }

Basicly, "Yours," is flushed left in your original example since lout
contracts it horizontally to a reasonable minimum and only than
centers it in this minimal space. It looks like @Break object is not
the last column that receives the whole remaining space according to
"as wide as possible" rule.

Perhaps because of &0i Lout thinks that it sees a two part word. The
first part is an empty object @ParaIndent wide and the second part is
"Yours," (and this part is centered in the space equal to its own
width, and this has no visible effect); this whole word is than
considered as the last column that receives the remaining space.

Well, this issue is so esoteric and voodoo that I think that only Jeff
knows how it works exactly.

> Also, what is the proper way of getting a centred paragraph?  

        @LP
        clines @Break {
        Your text here.
        }

> Are some of the @PP's superfluous?

The last one is. @PP *starts* a paragraph.


Hope it helps.

Best regards!

SY, Uwe.
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