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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/flowfram/ffuserguide.tex b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/flowfram/ffuserguide.tex index 3a2c96ac194..3e77ded1390 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/flowfram/ffuserguide.tex +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/flowfram/ffuserguide.tex @@ -364,9 +364,9 @@ backcolor=blue,textcolor=white,style=footstyle,pages=none} \begin{document}\label{top} \title{Creating Flow Frames for Posters, Brochures or -Magazines using flowfram.sty version 1.16} +Magazines using flowfram.sty version 1.17} \author{Nicola L. C. Talbot} -\date{2014-06-04} +\date{2014-09-30} % swap frames around for title page \ffswapoddeven*{main} @@ -418,12 +418,19 @@ the contents of the \env{document} environment flow from one \gls*{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. +conform to the standard one or two column layout. There's an +optional helper application called +\texttt{flowframtk}\footnote{\url{http://www.dickimaw-books.com/apps/flowframtk/}} +if you prefer to use a graphical user interface to set up the +document layout. \textbf{The \styni{flowfram} package tries to make \TeX\ do something it wasn't originally designed to do. It modifies the -output routine and may not always perform as desired. Caveat -emptor---or `you get what you pay for'.} +output routine and may not always perform as desired. Extra care +must be taken if a paragraph spans frames of unequal width due to +the asynchronous nature of \TeX's output routine. (See +\latexhtml{\autoref{sec:unexpectedoutput}}{\htmlref{Unexpected +Output}{sec:unexpectedoutput}}.}) The \styni{flowfram} package provides three types of \gls*{frame}: \glspl{flow}, \glspl{static} and \glspl{dynamic} with dimensions and @@ -789,7 +796,8 @@ result, the end of the paragraph at the beginning of the new If a paragraph does span two \glspl*{flow} of unequal width without using \cmdname{framebreak} a warning will be issued. If a subtle difference in frame widths is caused by rounding errors (for -example, if the frames were created using Jpgfdraw) you can adjust +example, if the frames were created using \texttt{flowframtk} or +\texttt{jpgfdraw}) you can adjust the tolerance to suppress these warnings. The default tolerance is 2pt. To change this, set the length register \cmdname{fftolerance} to the required tolerance. For example, to suppress warnings where @@ -3213,11 +3221,12 @@ For an up-to-date list of frequently asked questions, see \htmladdnormallink{flowfram FAQ}{http://www.dickimaw-books.com/faqs/flowframfaq.html}}. If you have a query that is not addressed here, please try there first. If -that doesn't answer your query, try posting a message to the \LaTeX\ -Community Forum (\url{http://latex-community.org/forum/}), \TeX\ on -StackExchange (\url{http://tex.stackexchange.com/}) or the -\texttt{comp.text.tex} newsgroup. I generally answer questions in -those places much quicker than queries that are emailed to me. +that doesn't answer your query, try posting a message to +\TeX\ on StackExchange (\url{http://tex.stackexchange.com/}), +the \LaTeX\ Community Forum (\url{http://latex-community.org/forum/}) +or the \texttt{comp.text.tex} newsgroup. I generally answer questions in +those places much quicker than queries that are emailed to me, which +tend to get lost in my inbox. Bugs can be reported using the \latexhtml{form at \url{http://www.dickimaw-books.com/bug-report.html}}{\htmladdnormallink{bug @@ -3361,12 +3370,13 @@ Location of the Typeblock}{sec:typeblockloc}}. \item Is there a GUI I can use to make it easier to create the \glspl{frame}? -Yes, Jpgfdraw which can be downloaded from: -\url{http://www.dickimaw-books.com/apps/jpgfdraw/} +Yes, \texttt{flowframtk} which can be downloaded from: +\url{http://www.dickimaw-books.com/apps/flowframtk/} \end{enumerate} \htmlnav \section{Unexpected Output} +\label{sec:unexpectedoutput} \begin{enumerate} \item The lines at the beginning of my \glspl{flow} are the |