RE: in-lines for toc help wanted.

Subject: RE: in-lines for toc help wanted.
From: "Pawson, David" <DPawson@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1998 08:08:36 +0100
Oops

Oops. Reading the literature from Jade:
<Quote>
Backends

RTF backend

Only the following flow object classes are implemented: 

sequence 
character 
paragraph 
paragraph-break 
line-field 
    Only at the beginning of a paragraph. ************
display-group 

</quote>

Thats why!

Sorry to clutter the list.
DaveP

It would be nice though - is it possible any other way?





> 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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