Re: in-lines for toc help wanted.

[Antoine Perier <a_perier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Pawson, David wrote:
> 
> I'm creating a table of contents, using dot leaders to
> connect the entry with the page reference.
> 
> XXXXXXXXXX.....................Page yyy
> 
> The problem comes when XXXXX actually
> reaches the Page number sufficiently closely to
> not show the dot leaders.
> 
> (make leader
>   min-leader-repeat: 20
> 
> appears to have no effect when the above worse
> case occurs.
> 
> Its fine when the XXXX is sufficiently long to wrap onto
> the next line.
> 
> I also tried making the page yyy a line field with
> fixed width excessive to see if it works, again no result - code below:
> 
> Any suggestions appreciated.
> TIA, DaveP
> 
>     (make paragraph
>           (make sequence
>             (literal (data (current-node)))
>             (make leader
>                 (literal ". "))
>             (make line-field
>                 field-width: 1.5in
>                 (make link
>                    destination: (current-node-address)
>                    (make score
>                        type: 'after
>                        (literal "Page ")
>                        (current-node-page-number-sosofo)
>                    )    ; end score
>                  )      ; end link
>             )           ; end line field
>            )            ; end sequence
>          )              ; end para
> 
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There is no way to manage that with jade:
forget the leaders and make a table instead.


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