Help for NEWSLETTER_FORMAT.TEX
Hunter Goatley
August 21, 1991
\newspage - Sets up larger page for newsletter (taller/wider)
\DATE - Include current month and year (July 1989)
\include{file.ext} - Include a .TeX file (prints message)
\say{Message} - Writes a message to the terminal
\newpage - Begin a new page
\nullpage - Creates an empty page with header/footer in place
\nullline - Creates an empty line
\ignoreunderfill - Avoids undervfill and underhfill messages
\articlesep - Article separator; creates hrule = \hsize
\ital{text} - Set in \it font (with proper italic correction)
\slant{text} - Set in \sl font (with proper italic correction)
\book{Title} - Book titles (uses \ital)
\Quote{quote}{quotee} - Insert a quote with the quotee in small caps font
\beginquote - Begins a quote; draws hrule, indents, larger font
\endquote - Ends a quote; resets font to original size
\articletitle{Title}{Byline}
- Builds an articletitle box (see example)
\coltitle{Title} - Builds boxed title for use in double-column format
\headfootrule=Xpt - Define height of rule in header & footer
\columnsep=Xpt - Amount of space between columns in multi-column mode
\columnwidth=Xpt - Width of a column in multi-column mode (calc. by def.)
\columnseprule=Xpt - Width of vertical rule between columns (can be 0pt)
\begincolumns{x} - Begins multiple-column mode (1 < X < 7)
\endcolumns - Ends multiple-column mode
\definefigs{#ofPages} - Initializes figures for multi-column mode
\handlefigures - Must be specified right after \definefigs (bug)
\definefig{Page}{Col}{Pos}{box}
- Defines a figure
\abovedisplayskip - Amount of vskip before middle and bottom figures
\belowdisplayskip - Amount of vskip below top and middle figures
\shadowbox{some_box} - Draw a shadow box around an hbox or vbox
\leftshadowbox{somebox} - Draw a left-hand shadow box around an hbox or vbox
\centerbox{somebox} - Center a \vbox on a page
\boxshadowsize=Xpt - Width of shadow boxes
\boxit{some_box} - Draw a box around an hbox or vbox
\boxitrule=Xpt - Width of rules used to draw boxes
\boxitspace=Xpt - Space between box rules and box contents
\bestbreak - Tell TeX that this is a pretty good place to break
\ednote - Do editor's note in a box
\listindent - Specify the amount to indent lists
\beginlist - Begin a simple list of dotted items
\endlist - End item list
\beginlistt{title} - Begin list with a title (attached with vglue)
\endlistt - End list with title (ends with \par)
\dotitem - Item list with a bullet
\beginbibliography - Begin a bibliography - main setup
\endbibliography - End a bibliography
\beginbiblist - Begin a list of references
\beginanotherlist - Begin a dotitem list inside a \beginbiblist
\endbiblist - End a bibliography list of references
\ENUM item - Number items in a list
\ENum item - Don't number, but indent as if number is present
\NoENUM item - Don't number; start text where number would appear
\bibshort{Title} - Short story entry
\bibbook{Title} - Book entry
\bibview{The...} - Interview entry
\subbib{Subheading} - Subtitle for an entry
\bibsectitle{title} - Adds a bibliography section title (BOOKS, etc.)
\begindoublequote - Enable double-quote as a macro
\enddoublequote - Disable double-quote as a macro
" - Alternates between `` and ''
\eoa - End of Article; draws black rectangle at right of line
\smallcopyright - Insert a small (7pt) copyright character
\farright{text} - Place text flush against the right-margin, possibly
on a new line if it won't fit.
\ellip - Insert ellipsis with proper spacing (word\ellip word)
\edots - Insert ellipsis at end of sentence (4 dots)
The font commands below redefine \sl, \it, \bf, \rm, \ss, and \ssi for that font
\twelvepoint - Switch to twelve-point fonts
\elevenpoint - Switch to eleven-point fonts
\tenpoint - Switch to ten-point fonts
\ninepoint - Switch to nine-point fonts
\eightpoint - Switch to eight-point fonts
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These macros implement the headers and footers for the newsletter format.
The macros accept three parameters: text that is to appear flush-left on
the line, text that should be centered, and text that should be flush-right
on the line. Parameters can be omitted by specifying empty braces ({}).
The following macros are defined for headers and footers:
\evenpageheader{LEFT}{CENTER}{RIGHT}
\oddpageheader{LEFT}{CENTER}{RIGHT}
\evenpagefooter{LEFT}{CENTER}{RIGHT}
\oddpagefooter{LEFT}{CENTER}{RIGHT}
If the headers/footers are the same for even & odd pages, the following
macros can be used instead of the four above:
\pageheader{LEFT}{CENTER}{RIGHT}
\pagefooter{LEFT}{CENTER}{RIGHT}
Additional header/footer definitions:
\pageheaderlinetrue - A line should extend below header text
\pageheaderlinefalse - Header does NOT have a line
\pagefooterlinetrue - A line should extend above footer text
\pagefooterlinefalse - Footer does NOT have a line
\headfootrule=Xpt - Thickness of header/footer lines
\pageheaderskip=Xpt - \vskip between header and line
\pagefooterskip=Xpt - \vskip between footer and line
\headfont=\fontname - Font to use for header text
\footfont=\fontname - Font to use for footer text
Example:
\pageheader{}{My Newsletter}{}
\pagefooter{#1}{}{\pageno}
Defaults:
\pageheaderlinefalse \pagefooterlinefalse
\pageheaderskip=4pt \pageheaderskip=4pt
\pageheader{}{}{} \pagefooter{}{}{}
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