So the script doesn't work on your system, Alan?
I've run it on 7 & 8 systems...
Art
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On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 3:56 PM, Alan Litchfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >From what I understand, and I have not done this myself in FM, is that this
> can be achieved with FrameScript.
>
> Dan Emory, in 1999, said the following, but again, I don't know if there have
> been subsequent efforts to to create a plug-in that achieves these things.
> When I want line numbering I use LaTeX
>
> Good luck
> Alan
>
> ****************
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], Free Framers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> Subject: RE: Line numbering and file breaks
>
> From: Dan Emory <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 13:10:24 -0700 (MST)
>
> Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>> 2. - Is it possible to have line numbering down the side of a page, where
>> the numbering counts only the lines with text in them and not blank lines?
> ================================================================
> Despite what some others have stated, there is no viable way to do this in
> FrameMaker without developing an API client.
>
> And, despite what one poster suggested, development of such an API client
> would NOT be trivial, because it would have to detect both the presence and
> the vertical position of each text line, whether in or out of a table, and
> would have to deal with all of the following, which affect whether a line is
> numbered, and, if it is, the positioning of the line number:
>
> a. The ability to suppress line numbering for text that should not be
> numbered.
>
> b. Suppress line numbering for empty paragraphs
>
> c. Properly number text insets that are imported by reference.
>
> d. The variable amounts of white space between wrapped lines of a multi-line
> paragraph caused by the line spacing setting, and, if the paragraph is set
> for variable spacing, the variations in inter-line spacing produced by the
> presence of subscripts, superscripts, larger font sizes of formatted text
> strings within paragraphs, and anchored frames inserted within the text of a
> paragraph.
>
> e. Variations in the Space Above/Below settings of paragraphs and tables.
>
> f. Variations in the top/bottom cell margins of rows, and the alignment
> (top, bottom, or center) of text within cells.
>
> g. Suppression of line numbering for table heading and footing rows that
> repeat on each page of a multi-page table.
>
> h. The empty spaces created by graphics.
>
> Additionally, such an API client would have to deal successfully with:
>
> a. Multi-column page layouts, inserting the line numbers in that case in the
> gaps between columns.
>
> b. Other variations in master page usage which affect where and how the line
> numbers would appear.
>
> c. If line numbers run consecutively throughout a large multi-file book (as
> opposed to starting the line numbering at 1 on each page), the API client
> would also have to deal with the continuation of the line numbering in each
> file of the multi-file book, and the large range in the number of line
> number digits (from 1 to 6), finding some way to fit them within the page
> margins, and the gaps between columns in multi-column layouts.
> ================================================================
> Certainly, the complexity of a line numbering capability such as that
> described above explains why it is not presently available in FrameMaker,
> and why (to my knowledge) no one has developed an API client that will do it.
>
> In my view, the only feasible way it could be done is to:
>
> a. Add a line numbering on/off parameter to the Numbering or Pagination
> properties panel of the FrameMaker Paragraph Designer palette
>
> b. Add a line numbering on/off parameter to the FrameMaker Table Designer
> palette.
>
> c. Add a Line Numbering Properties dialog to the FrameMaker Format >
> Document menu that would be similar to the existing Change Bar Properties
> dialog.
>
> d. Add a line numbering continuation/restart parameter to the FrameMaker Set
> Up Document dialog in the book file.
>
> e. Impose tight restrictions on paragraph and table formats, as well as
> master pages (e.g., no multi-column layouts for columns where line numbering
> is required), to minimize the problems imposed by variations in spacing and
> page layout described previously.
>
> f. Develop a set of templates that implement the capabilities and
> limitations described in a, b, c, and d above.
>
>
> Peter Hirons wrote:
>> Gurus,
>>
>> Does anyone know if it is possible to get FM to print with line numbers?
>>
>> If so, how?
>>
>> I have reviewers wanting this.
>>
>> Peter
>>
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