"Typesetting" functions

2005-12-16 Thread Sivakatirswami
As one who is spoiled by options for very precise control over type all these years (Quark and now InDesign) the challenges of making text look good in a Revolution field seem daunting. I was wondering if any one had "rolled their own" typesetting functions. I would rather n

"Typesetting" functions

2005-12-24 Thread Dave Calkins 1
of cd fld "Other Data" ) - 1) of line tLn of cd fld "Other Data" into tTextCenterAlign if item i of tTabStops >= tCenterTabLoc then exit repeat end repeat end repeat set the lockscreen to tLockScreen end doTabCenter I also have a routine that will ind

Re: "Typesetting" functions

2005-12-16 Thread yoy
- Original Message - From: "Sivakatirswami" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, December 16, 2005 6:01 AM Subject: "Typesetting" functions > As one who is spoiled by options for very precise control over type > all these years (Quark and now InDesign)

Re: "Typesetting" functions

2005-12-16 Thread Thomas McGrath III
of making text look good in a Revolution field seem daunting. I was wondering if any one had "rolled their own" typesetting functions. I would rather not have to create multiple flds and then group these with some being centered and others align left... so I was thinking that on

Re: "Typesetting" functions

2005-12-16 Thread Scott Rossi
Recently, Sivakatirswami wrote: > I was wondering if any one had "rolled their own" typesetting > functions. Sorry, no (and obviously, you know it's difficult if not impossible do fine typographic settings in Rev, though if you're doing this for on screen use,

Re: "Typesetting" functions

2005-12-16 Thread Bill Marriott
n elements to look right. Bill "Sivakatirswami" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > I was wondering if any one had "rolled their own" typesetting functions. > I would rather not have to create multiple flds and then group these with &

Re: "Typesetting" functions

2005-12-16 Thread Bill Marriott
Scott, I found that if you set the "reel delay" to 0 on this stack, it will become quite difficult to change the delay again, or to quit or do anything else with Revolution until you kill the process with task manager :) Bill "Scott Rossi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROT

Re: "Typesetting" functions

2005-12-16 Thread Scott Rossi
Recently, Bill Marriott wrote: > I found that if you set the "reel delay" to 0 on this stack, it will become > quite difficult to change the delay again, or to quit or do anything else > with Revolution until you kill the process with task manager Then don't don't set the reel delay to 0. :-) Re

Re: "Typesetting" functions

2005-12-16 Thread Klaus Major
Hi Scott, Recently, Bill Marriott wrote: I found that if you set the "reel delay" to 0 on this stack, it will become quite difficult to change the delay again, or to quit or do anything else with Revolution until you kill the process with task manager Then don't don't set the reel delay

Re: "Typesetting" functions

2005-12-16 Thread Sivakatirswami
OK, what are your tricks? Once scripted, they shoudl be easily repeatable, n'est ce pas? On Dec 16, 2005, at 4:05 AM, Thomas McGrath III wrote: Some are 'trickable' and doable but with some effort. ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lis

Re: "Typesetting" functions

2005-12-16 Thread Sivakatirswami
kerning control or Quark-like results when printing, but these functions may be of use when trying to get screen elements to look right. Bill "Sivakatirswami" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I was wondering if any one had "rolled their own"

Re: "Typesetting" functions

2005-12-16 Thread Sivakatirswami
tion... I'll check on Scott rolling credits... Sivakatirswami On Dec 16, 2005, at 3:26 AM, yoy wrote: - Original Message - From: "Sivakatirswami" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, December 16, 2005 6:01 AM Subject: "Typesetting" functions As one w

Re: "Typesetting" functions

2005-12-16 Thread Sivakatirswami
Oh my... LOL... what fun. Not sure that's where I want to go, but it sure brightened my evening. On Dec 16, 2005, at 7:14 AM, Bill Marriott wrote: go url "http://www.tactilemedia.com/download/film_reel.rev"; ___ use-revolution mailing list us

Re: "Typesetting" functions

2005-12-17 Thread yoy
- Original Message - > I'll check on Scott rolling credits... > > Sivakatirswami I can pretty much guarantee that until computer monitors have 2000+ pixels to the inch, it'll never happen. Dammit!!! Andy ___ use-revolution mailing list use-rev

RE: "Typesetting" functions

2005-12-17 Thread MisterX
ent: Saturday, 17 December, 2005 11:12 > To: How to use Revolution > Subject: Re: "Typesetting" functions > > > - Original Message - > I'll check on Scott rolling credits... > > > > Sivakatirswami > > I can pretty much guarantee that u

Re: "Typesetting" functions

2005-12-17 Thread yoy
- Original Message - From: "MisterX" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'How to use Revolution'" Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2005 5:29 AM Subject: RE: "Typesetting" functions > Andy, > > Sorry, but this is possible in FreeHand 1.0 or i

Re: "Typesetting" functions

2005-12-17 Thread Sivakatirswami
OK, I threw in the towel completely, replaced tabs with a single space simple centered everything in the field: Correspondents Rajiv Malik, Delhi Choodamani Sivaram, Bangalore Prabha Prabhakar Bhardwaj, Delhi Madhu Kishwar, Delhi Mangala Prasad Mohanty, Orissa V. S. Gopalakrishnan, Kerala Ar