RE: page-n-columns in RTF

[abowhill@xxxxxxxxxx (Allan Bowhill)]

Dan,

Thank you, that fixed it.

The effect is nice, like a newspaper-type flow, in that the text first
fills one column, 
then another. But I'm still wondering if I can use it.

It doesn't look like it's possible to specify which column text can be
flowed 
into at different points in the processing, like alternating between
columns.
Is there any way to control this?

Also, it sounds like the number of columns can't be changed later.

To do both column-alternation and switching between one-column and
two-column
modes, the only thing I can think of is to use tables. Does this sound
sensible,
or is there another approach that can be used?

--Allan

>Your syntax isn't quite right for the (declare-characteristic ...). It
should
>read:

>(declare-characteristic page-n-columns
>"UNREGISTERED::James Clark//Characteristic::page-n-columns" 2)

>Note that the declaration is a top-level form (you shouldn't define
anything
>with it) and that default value of the characteristic can be specified
as the
>third argument to declare-characteristic.

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	ds4359 [SMTP:dspeck@xxxxxxx]
> Sent:	Monday, June 21, 1999 7:53 AM
> To:	dssslist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:	Re: page-n-columns in RTF
> 
> Allan,
> 
> Your syntax isn't quite right for the (declare-characteristic ...). It
> should
> read:
> 
> (declare-characteristic page-n-columns
> "UNREGISTERED::James Clark//Characteristic::page-n-columns" 2)
> 
> Note that the declaration is a top-level form (you shouldn't define
> anything
> with it) and that default value of the characteristic can be specified
> as the
> third argument to declare-characteristic.
> 
> -dan
> 
> Allan Bowhill wrote:
> 
> >
> > <!doctype style-sheet PUBLIC "-//James Clark//DTD DSSSL Style
> Sheet//EN">
> >
> > (define page-n-columns
> > (declare-characteristic
> > "UNREGISTERED::James Clark//Characteristic::page-n-columns"))
> >
> 
> 
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