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diff --git a/macros/text1/cms_help_files/settabs.helpmark b/macros/text1/cms_help_files/settabs.helpmark new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..53b535a5e6 --- /dev/null +++ b/macros/text1/cms_help_files/settabs.helpmark @@ -0,0 +1,151 @@ ++-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| settabs | ++-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ + +Abbreviation: ã|noneã% + +Parameters: ã|number of columnsã% + + ã|Description:ã% +The body of the table is created with the \settabs n \columns markup, which +establishes a number (n) of equal-size tabular columns (\columns). + Each new column after the first is indicated with the TEXT1 tab +character (&). Each row is started with the \+ markup and ended with the +\cr markup (which is an abbreviation for carriage return on typewriters). + The ampersand (&) is like the TAB key on many typewriters; it tells +TEXT1 to advance to the next tab position, where there is a tab at the right +edge of each column. But & is not exactly like a mechanical typewriter +TAB, because it first backs up to the beginning of the current column +before advancing to the next. In this way you can always tell what column +you are tabbing to, by counting the number of &s; that is handy, because + +variable-width type otherwise makes it difficult to know whether you have +passed a tab position. + The ampersands are different from tabs in another way, too: TEXT1 +ignores spaces after &, hence you can conveniently finish a column by typing +& at the end of a line in your input file, without worrying that an extra +blank space will be introduced there. Incidentally, TEXT1 also ignores +spaces after \+, so that the first column is treated like the others. + You can say \cr before you have specified a complete set of columns, if +the remaining columns are blank. The last \cr ends the settabs. No other +ending is necessary; normal text may follow. + + ã|Example:ã% + +can be seen, the pool of common words is prodigious. +\par +\tabletitle{Etymological Clues} +\settabs 3 \columns +\+\it Term&\it Geological&\it Social Reference\cr +\+boss&small rock&supervisor\cr +\+domehead&pushing through&intellectual\cr +\+fossil&turned to stone&age\cr +\+creep&move slowly&person\cr +\+streak&move quickly&naked\cr +\+ejecta&very quickly&mating\cr +\+sublimate&change to gas&dream\cr +\+trench&sediments&mouth\cr + ++-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| | +| can be seen, the pool of common words is prodigious. | +| | +| Table 1 | +| Etymological Clues | +| | +| Term Geological Social Reference | +| boss small rock supervisor | +| domehead pushing through intellectual | +| fossil turned to stone age | +| creep move slowly person | +| streak move quickly naked | +| ejecta very quickly mating | +| sublimate change to gas dream | +| trench sediments mouth | +| | ++-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ + + ã|Example:ã% +You may not want all of the columns to be the same size, so there is another +way to set them, by typing "\+sample line\cr" immediately after \settabs. +In this case tabs are placed at the positions of the &s in the sample line, +but the sample line itself does not appear in the output. Look through +the table and determine the biggest entry in each column; the sample line +is then constructed by typing the widest entry in the first column, then +the widest in each subsequent column, omitting the last column. Be sure to +include some extra space (\horizontalspace{}) between columns in the sample +line, so that the columns won't touch each other. + +can be seen, the pool of common words is prodigious. +\par +\tabletitle{Etymological Clues} +\settabs\+\hs{4pt}&domeheads\hs{4pt} + &material pushing through + \hs{10pt}&Intellectual\cr +\+&\it Term&\it Geological&\it Social Reference\cr +\+&trench&subducted sediments&mouth\cr + +\+&dike&material holding back&female\cr +\+&domehead&material pushing through&intellectual\cr +\+&fossil&life turned to stone&age\cr +\+&cleavage&the tendency to split&bosom\cr + ++-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| | +| can be seen, the pool of common words is prodigious. | +| | +| Table 2 | +| Etymological Clues | +| | +| Term Geological Social Reference | +| trench subducted sediments mouth | +| dike material holding back female | +| domehead material pushing through intellectual | +| fossil life turned to stone age | +| cleavage the tendency to split bosom | +| | ++-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ + + ã|Example:ã% +If you want to put something right justified (flush right) in its column, +just type \rt{text} where text is the text to be right justified; Be sure +to type & after it, so that TEX will be sure to move the information all +the way until it touches the next tab. Similarly, if you want to center +something in its column, type \ctr{text} where text is the text to be +centered. Notice also the use of \phantom in decimal alignment. + + \centerline{\bd Table 1} + \centerline{Etymological Clues} + \settabs \+\hs{20pts}&Aluminum\quad&Anthrosphere& + \hs{20pt}&Lithosphere\quad\cr + \+&\lft{Element}&\rt{Anthrosphere}& + &\rt{Lithosphere}&\cr + \+&Sodium&\rt{0.001\phantom{0}}&&\rt{0.4\phantom{000}}\cr + \+&Silicon&\rt{.0001}&&\rt{20.2\phantom{000}}\cr + \+&Aluminum&\rt{0.22\phantom{00}}&& + \rt{11.54\phantom{00}}\cr + \+&Carbon&\rt{19.1001}&&\rt{0.0202}\cr + + \+&Nitrogen&\rt{3.2205}&&\rt{.0208}\cr + ++-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| | +| Table 1 | +| Etymological Clues | +| Element Anthrosphere Lithosphere | +| Sodium 0.001 0.4 | +| Silicon .0001 20.2 | +| Aluminum 0.22 11.54 | +| Carbon 19.1001 0.0202 | +| Nitrogen 3.2205 .0208 | +| | ++-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ + + ã|Notes:ã% + +Tab positions are remembered, until they are reset with another \settabs, +regardless of text and other markup following. + The operation of tabs addresses one line at a time; this allows multiple +page tables. + You cannot use \figure, \drawbox or \paragraphbox around a \settabs. + Refer to The TEXbook for more on \phantom. |