%% file: spine.txs - 3-Ring Binder labels - TeXsis version 2.18 %% @(#) $Id: spine.txs,v 18.1 2001/04/06 22:47:06 myers Exp $ %======================================================================* % spine.txs - labels for the spine of a 3-Ring binder % % (C) copyright 1994, 1999 by Eric Myers and Frank E. Paige. % This file is a part of TeXsis. Distribution and/or modifications % are allowed under the terms of the LaTeX Project Public License (LPPL). % See the file COPYING or ftp://ftp.texsis.org/texsis/LPPL %======================================================================* % \spine{text} makes a boxed label for the spine of a 3 ring binder % This is printed in \Landscape mode, 24pt type, and with a ruled box % around it. The box will be at least 15cm long, but will extend % if the text requires more space. Instructions for installing the % label in the spine of a binder are printed, but if more than one % label is created the instructions are only printed once. \def\spine#1{\spineSetup %% \headline={\LandscapeSpecial}% % and force it every page \setbox0=\hbox{\twentyfourpoint\bf\quad #1\quad}% \dimen0=\wd0 % \ifdim\wd0<15cm \dimen0=15cm\fi % Minimum size 15cm \vskip 1cm plus 2cm % \tightboxit{\vbox to 1in{\vfill % \hbox to \dimen0{\hfil\box0\hfil}% % \vfill}}% % \vskip 1cm plus 2cm} % \def\spineSetup{% once-only setup for \spine \LandscapeSpecial % Landscape mode \vbox{\hsize=15cm % \bigskip\bigskip % \tenpoint\parskip=\smallskipamount % \noindent % How to install the spine label on a binder: \item{1.} Cut out the label around the outside of the bounding ruled box. Leave extra paper (about 1.5cm or so) on the RIGHT side. \item{2.} Obtain a long thin plastic ruler or similar object which can slide down the pocket on the binder spine. \item{3.} Put the label along the ruler, face up, and fold the extra tab of paper on the right of the label over the end of the ruler. \item{4.} Slide the ruler, with the label on it, down the spine of the binder. When the label is in place remove the ruler. The label will remain. \bigskip\bigskip \gdef\spineSetup{\relax} % only show once! }} %>>> EOF spine.txs <<<