Date: Thursday, 30 October 1986 21:02:02 EST
From: Harry.Bovik@k.cs.cmu.edu
To: bovik@k.cs.cmu.edu
Subject: Page headings and footings
Message-ID: <1986.10.31.2.1.21.Harry.Bovik@k.cs.cmu.edu>


29-Oct-86 16:04    Mike.Blackwell      Location of page headings/footings

How can I modify the vertical placement of page headings and footings. It
looks like Scribe always sinks the heading 0.5 inch from the top of the
page, and raises the footing by the same amount from the bottom. I poked
around in the database, but I couldn't find where that is specified, or how
to modify it. Does anyone know?

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30-Oct-86 09:56 Kerim.Nutku@g.cs.cmu.edu Re: Location of page headings/footings

Mike,

The heading environment is denoted by scribe as   'HDG'
 "  footing 	"	 "     "    "    "   "    'FTG'

To place text a specified distance from top of page:      'fixed +1 inch'
"     "    "  "     "         "     "   bottom   " :      'fixed -1 inch'
	(of course, you can choose any distance and use any
	 vertical spacing units, e.g., lines, inches, cm ...)

For example, to place your heading 1 inch from the top of the page:

		'@modify(hdg, fixed +1 inch)'


Of course, if you place the page heading below the normal topmargin of the
page, you MUST change the topmargin accordingly.  If you do not change the
topmargin, the text will start at the normal topmargin and will overprint
your low page heading.

NOTE:  since 'fixed' is a universal environment attribute (i.e.,
it's not limited to pageheadings/pagefootings), you may use it in almost
any environment.


One last note:

You mentioned that scribe 'sinks' the heading from the top of the page.  I
realize that you probably used that word for its descriptive significance and
not its scribe significance, but just in case:  Note that 'sink' is a scribe
environment attribute.  However, you do NOT want to use it to modify the
pageheading because it tells scribe to 'sink' the relevant text from the
TOP MARGIN, @i(not) the TOP OF THE PAGE, which is what you want.

Hope this helps.
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30-Oct-86 10:07    Mike.Blackwell               Head/Foot answer
From: Mike.Blackwell@rover.ri.cmu.edu
Thanks for all of the replies. The mystery environments for the headings and
footings are HDG and FTG. They are originally defined in the .dev file, and
the head/foot placement is specified by the Fixed paramater.