Subject: Re: Margins and Page Numbers
From: Logan Hall (warrior514@worldnet.att.net)
Date: Tue Feb 22 2000 - 20:30:26 CST
Paul Rohr wrote:
> At 10:41 PM 2/21/00 -0700, Logan Hall wrote:
> >Matthew Stapleton wrote:
> >
> >> A few days ago I asked about how to insert page numbers. It worked out
> >> great. The problem I encountered was that the page numbers were
> >> overlapping the documents text. So either need a solution to change the
> >> margin of the main document or the position of the page numbers. The
> >> first is preferred.
> >
> >Are you on win or unix? On unix I just print to a postscript file and then
> >figgure out where i need to instert page breaks so that it breaks at the
> >margins. I had a terrible time figguring this out the first time but with
> >some playing it will work. Should work on win too but it will probably
> >take alot of printing.
>
> Ick. I admire your courage, but that sounds obnoxious.
It was.
>
>
> To reiterate, the following features should be considered experimental at
> best, or perhaps just plain broken:
>
> - page numbers
> - headers and footers
Yep they seem that way but alteast in my case I needed them for my english
papers. I use linux on my ppc so abi and applix are the only real contenders
(unless you use kde), and i cant afford applix. I use LyX and LaTeX alot but
they don't like MLA format so i was SOL there.
>
>
> Yes, there is a fair amount of code there to try and make these features
> sort-of-work, but that's only a start. What we really need to do is find
> folks willing to spend the time to finish these features so that they Just
> Work.
>
> Paul
>
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