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diff --git a/macros/latex/contrib/flowfram/samples/sample2.tex b/macros/latex/contrib/flowfram/samples/sample2.tex new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..d1ca099223 --- /dev/null +++ b/macros/latex/contrib/flowfram/samples/sample2.tex @@ -0,0 +1,272 @@ + % This file is public domain. + +\documentclass[a4paper,twoside]{report} + +\usepackage{url} + +\newcommand{\cmdname}[1]{\texttt{\char`\\#1}} +\newcommand{\sty}[1]{\texttt{#1}} +\newcommand{\env}[1]{\texttt{#1}} +\newcommand{\meta}[1]{$\langle$\emph{#1}$\rangle$} + +\begin{document} + +\title{Creating Flow Frames for Posters or Magazines} +\author{Nicola L. C. Talbot\\[1cm]\url{http://www.dickimaw-books.com/}} +\date{} +\pagenumbering{alph} +\maketitle + +\pagenumbering{roman} +\tableofcontents + +\chapter{Introduction} +\pagenumbering{arabic} + +The \sty{flowfram} package is designed to enable you to create +frames in a document such that the +contents of the \env{document} environment flow from one +frame to the next in the order that they were defined. +This is useful for creating posters +or magazines or any other form of document that does not +conform to the standard one or two column layout. + +\chapter{Setting up Frames} + +The \sty{flowfram} package provides three types of frame: +{flow frames}, {static +frames} and {dynamic frames}. + +\section{Flow Frames} + +The flow frame is the principle type of frame. +The text of the \env{document} environment will flow from +one frame to the next in order of definition. Each +flow frame has an associated width, height, +position on the page, and optionally a border. + +\section{Static Frames} + +A static frame is a rectangular area in which text neither +flows into, nor flows out of. The contents must be set +explicitly, and once set, the contents of the static frame will +remain the same on each page until it is explicitly +changed. Thus, a static frame can be used, for example, to make +a company logo appear in the same place on every page. + +\section{Dynamic Frames} + +A dynamic frame is similar to a static frame, but its contents +are re-typeset on each page. (A static frame stores its +contents in a savebox, whereas a dynamic frame stores its +contents in a macro). + +\chapter{Frame Attributes} +\label{sec:modattr} + +Once you have defined the {flow frames}, {static frames} and +{dynamic frames}, their attributes can be changed. +The three types of frame mostly have the +same set of attributes, but some are specific to a certain type. +The available attributes are as follows +(\textsuperscript{\textbf{F}} indicates the key is +only available for {flow frames}, +\textsuperscript{\textbf{S}} indicates the key is only available +for {static frames} +and \textsuperscript{\textbf{D}} indicates the key +is only available for {dynamic frames}): + +\begin{description} +\item[width=\meta{length}] The width of the frame. + +\item[height=\meta{length}] The height of the frame. + +\item[x=\meta{length}] The x-coordinate of the frame. + +\item[y=\meta{length}] The y-coordinate of the frame. + +\item[border=\meta{style}] The style of the border around the +frame, this can take the values: \texttt{none} (no border), +\texttt{plain} (plain border) or the name of a \LaTeX\ +frame making command without the preceding backslash. +The value \texttt{fbox} is equivalent to \texttt{plain}. + +\item[offset=\meta{offset}] The border offset, if it is a +user-defined border. This is the distance from the outer +edge of the left hand border to the left edge of the +bounding box of the text inside the border. The \sty{flowfram} +package is able to compute the border for +known frame making commands. +If you define your own frame making command, you may need to +specify the offset explicitly, or the frames +may end up shifted to the right or left. + +\item[bordercolor=\meta{colour}] The colour of the border +if you are using a standard frame making command. +The colour can either be specified as, e.g.\ \texttt{green}, +or including the colour model, e.g. \verb/[rgb]{0,1,0}/. + +\item[textcolor=\meta{colour}] The text colour for that +frame. Again, the colour can either be specified as, +e.g.\ \texttt{green}, or including the colour model, +e.g. \verb/[rgb]{0,1,0}/. + +\item[pages=\meta{page list}] The {list of +pages} for which the frame +should appear. This can either have the values: \texttt{all}, +\texttt{even}, \texttt{odd} or \texttt{none} (the latter +removes the frame from that point on---useful if you +have multiple pages with the same number), or it can be a +comma-separated list of single pages, or +{page ranges}. + +\item[margin=\meta{side}\textsuperscript{F}] The side of +the flow frame that its corresponding margin should go on. This +can take the values \texttt{left} or \texttt{right}. + +\item[clear=\meta{boolean}\textsuperscript{S}] If this value +is set, the static frame will be cleared at the start of the +next page. + +\item[style=\meta{cmd}\textsuperscript{D}] This should be +the name of a command \emph{without} the preceding backslash, +to be applied to the contents of the specified dynamic frame. +The command may either be a declaration, for example \verb/style=large/ +which will set the contents of all the dynamic frames in a +large font, or it can be a command that takes a single argument, +for example \verb/style=textbf/ +which will make the text for all the dynamic frames come out in +bold. To unset a style, do \verb/style=none/. + +\end{description} + +\chapter{Miscellaneous} + +\section{Page Layout} + +The \sty{flowfram} package has the package option \texttt{draft} +which will draw the {bounding boxes} for +each frame defined. At the bottom right of each +bounding box (except for the bounding box denoting the +typeblock), a marker will be shown to indictate the type +of frame, its IDN and its IDL. + +You can see the layout for the current page (irrespective of +whether or not the \texttt{draft} option has been set) using +the command:\newline +\cmdname{flowframeshowlayout} + +The headers and footers will appear as usual (but will not +be shown in draft mode), according to the format given by +\cmdname{pagestyle}. + +\section{Frame Stacking Order} + +The material on each page is placed in the following order: +\begin{enumerate} +\item Each static frame defined for that page in ascending +order of IDN. + +\item Each flow frame defined for that page in ascending +order of IDN. + +\item Each dynamic frame defined for that page in ascending +order of IDN. + +\item {Bounding boxes} if the \texttt{draft} +package option has been used. +\end{enumerate} + +This ordering can be used to determine if you want something +to overlay or underlay everything else on the page. + +\section{Prematurely Ending a Flow Frame} + +You can force text to move immediately to the next defined +flow frame using one of the standard \LaTeX\ page breaking commands +which work in an analogous way to the way they +work in standard two column mode. + +The command \cmdname{framebreak} is provided for situations +where a paragraph spans two flow frames +of different widths, as \TeX's output routine does not +adjust to the new value of \cmdname{hsize} until the last +paragraph of the previous frame has ended. As a +result, the end of the paragraph at the beginning of the new +flow frame retains the width of the previous flow frame. + +If you want to start a new page, rather than simply move to the +next frame, use the command\newline +\cmdname{finishthispage}. + +\section{Floats} + +Since floats (such as figures and tables) can only go in +{flow frames}, this package provides +the additional environments: +\env{staticfigure} and +\env{statictable} which can be used in static frames +and dynamic frames. Unlike their \env{figure} and +\env{table} counterparts, they are fixed in place, and +so do not take an optional placement specifier. The +\cmdname{caption} and \cmdname{label} commands can +be used within \env{staticfigure} and \env{statictable} as +usual. + +The standard \env{figure} and \env{table} commands will +behave as usual in the flow frames, but their starred versions, +\env{figure*} and \env{table*} behave no differently +from \env{figure} and \env{table}. + +\section{Global Values} + +The following macros can be changed using \cmdname{renewcommand}: + +\begin{itemize} +\item \cmdname{setffdraftcolor} + +This sets the colour of the bounding box +when it is displayed in draft mode. + +\item +\cmdname{setffdrafttypeblockcolor} + +This sets the colour of +the bounding box of the typeblock when it is displayed +in draft mode. + +\item \cmdname{fflabelfont} + +This sets the font size for the bounding box markers in +draft mode. + +\end{itemize} + +The following are lengths, which can be changed using +\cmdname{setlength}: + +\begin{itemize} +\item \cmdname{fflabelsep} + +This is the distance from the right hand side of the +bounding box at which to place the bounding box marker. + +\item \cmdname{flowframesep} + +This is the gap between the text of the frame and +its border, for the standard border types. + +\item \cmdname{flowframerule} + +This is the width of the frame's border, if using +a border given by a frame making command that uses \cmdname{fboxsep} +to set its border width. +\end{itemize} + +\chapter*{Contact Details} + +Dr Nicola Talbot\\ +Dickimaw Books\\ +\url{http://www.dickimaw-books.com/} + +\end{document} |