The YaDCM macros work very well standalone; I haven't yet tried
them with a package. They are fairly flexible, for example you can type
.dropcap "B\h'2n'right is the ring" 4 darkblue B P 0 2n 0
of words
When the right man rings them,
Fair the fall of songs
When the singer sings them.
If filling i
On Thu, Feb 24, 2011, Patrik Schindler wrote:
> >The mom macros have a fairly sophisticated dropcap mechanism based
> >on the number of lines to drop the cap plus the cap-height of
> >running text. You might want to study it for ideas.
>
>
> Thank you! May I ask for a hint, for which command to
Hello Peter,
Am 23.02.2011 um 18:58 schrieb Peter Schaffter:
The mom macros have a fairly sophisticated dropcap mechanism based
on the number of lines to drop the cap plus the cap-height of
running text. You might want to study it for ideas.
Thank you! May I ask for a hint, for which comman
Hello Deri,
Am 23.02.2011 um 20:10 schrieb Deri James:
This worked for me:-
.dropcap Lorem 3 blue TR T 0
(Note the order of parameters).
Unfortunately the parameters aren't explained, so I made a mistake.
Sorry and thank you!!
:wq! PoC
On Wednesday 23 Feb 2011 18:35:41 Patrik Schindler wrote:
>
> Input:
>
> .dropcap Lorem darkblue 3 T 0
> ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut dapibus velit non
> neque consectetur adipiscing. Sed accumsan, augue in eleifend
> consequat, tellus
>
> Call:
> groff -me -ma4 -mdropca
Hello Ralph,
Am 23.02.2011 um 14:43 schrieb Ralph Corderoy:
Hi Patrick,
without c, please. :-) Thanks.
Have a look at the subject "YaDCM (Yet another Drop Capital Macro)" in
the archive around 2005-03 and 2005-04. That may help.
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2005-03/threads.
On Wed, Feb 23, 2011, Patrik Schindler wrote:
> has anyone done a macro for initials yet?
The mom macros have a fairly sophisticated dropcap mechanism based
on the number of lines to drop the cap plus the cap-height of
running text. You might want to study it for ideas.
--
Peter Schaffter
Auth
Hi Patrick,
> has anyone done a macro for initials yet?
Have a look at the subject "YaDCM (Yet another Drop Capital Macro)" in
the archive around 2005-03 and 2005-04. That may help.
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2005-03/threads.html
Cheers,
Ralph.
Hello,
has anyone done a macro for initials yet?
I tried to do it inline to learn but I fail: The jumpback doesn't work
for me. Even .sp -1v won't work. I get many warnings about "cannot
adjust line" and I only see the initial (word) and two empty pages.
Last thing I don't know to handle i
