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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/context/sources/general/manuals/start/en/ma-cb-en-margintexts.tex b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/context/sources/general/manuals/start/en/ma-cb-en-margintexts.tex new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..54ed6db6a7b --- /dev/null +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/context/sources/general/manuals/start/en/ma-cb-en-margintexts.tex @@ -0,0 +1,100 @@ +\startcomponent ma-cb-en-margintexts + +\enablemode[**en-us] + +\project ma-cb + +\startchapter[title=Margin texts] + +\index{margin text} + +\Command{\tex{margintext}} +\Command{\tex{inmargin}} +\Command{\tex{inleft}} +\Command{\tex{inright}} +\Command{\tex{margintitle}} + +It is very easy to put text in the margin. You just use \type{\inmargin}. + +\shortsetup{inmargin} + +You may remember one of the earlier examples: + +\startbuffer[marginpicture] +\inmargin + {\externalfigure + [ma-cb-23] + [width=.6\marginwidth]} +\stopbuffer + +\typebuffer[marginpicture] + +This would result in a figure in the \pagereference [marginpicture] +margin. You can imagine that it looks quite nice in some +documents. But be careful. The margin is rather small so the figure could become +very marginal. + +A few other examples are shown in the text below.\getbuffer +[marginpicture] + +\startbuffer +The Ridderstraat (Street of knights) \inmargin{Street of\\Knights} +is an obvious name. In the 14th and 15th centuries, nobility and +prominent citizens lived in this street. Some of their big houses +were later turned into poorhouses \inright{poorhouse}and old +peoples homes. + +Up until \inleft[low]{\tfc 1940}1940 there was a synagog in the +Ridderstraat. Some 40 Jews gathered there to celebrate their +sabbath. During the war all Jews were deported to Westerbork and +then to the extermination camps in Germany and Poland. None of +the Jewish families returned. The synagog was knocked down in +1958. +\stopbuffer + +\typebuffer + +The commands \type{\inmargin}, \type{\inleft} and \type{\inright} all have the +same function. In a two sided document \type{\inmargin} puts the margin text in +the correct margin. The \type{\\} is used for line breaking. The example above +would look like this: + +\getbuffer + +You can set up the margin text with: + +\shortsetup{setupinmargin} + +Other commands that you can use for forcing text into the margin +are listed in \in{table}[tab:margincommands]. + +\placetable + [here] + [tab:margincommands] + {Overview of margin commands.} + {\starttable[|l|l|] + \HL + \NC \bf Command \NC \bf Meaning \NC\SR + \HL + \NC \type{\ininner} \NC text in inner margin \NC\FR + \NC \type{\inouter} \NC text in outer margin \NC\MR + \NC \type{\inright} \NC text in right margin \NC\MR + \NC \type{\inleft} \NC text in left margin \NC\MR + \NC \type{\inmargin} \NC text in the margin \NC\MR + \NC \type{\inothermargin} \NC text in other margin \NC\MR + \NC \type{\margintext} \NC text in the margin \NC\LR + \HL + \stoptable} + +If you want to place more extensive text blocks in the margin there is the +command: + +\shortsetup{marginblock} + +and the accompanying command: + +\shortsetup{setupmarginblocks} + +\stopchapter + +\stopcomponent |