If you wanted uniform line lengths, I think a FrameScript that inserted a soft return XX characters from the start of a TOC line would be pretty easy to craft....
Art On 6/14/06, Bodvar Bjorgvinsson <bodvar at gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks to all that replied. > > Maybe it will be easier in the long run to make more standard section > TOCs based on "temporary" Section Books that just take all settings As > Is. > > But Sarah got me going trying out some tweaking. > I made a different Xref format for long lines, added a left tab > towards the end of the line and using hard spaces and em spaces in > between tabs, I could make it work. > > But IMVHO (in my very humble opinion), Adobe really should go about > adding optional tab lengths to the tabs, so that a line will > automatically break within a tab. > > Thanks again, > > Bodvar Bjorgvinsson > > > On 6/14/06, Art Campbell <art.campbell at gmail.com> wrote: > > I can't think of an easy way to make your lines break, but I would > > propose an alternate solution that would mostly automate the > > procedure. > > > > Follow the KISS principle and just add several more standard TOCs, one > > for each section. Turn on the hyperlinks, etc. > > > > Each time you update the book and the TOCs, you'd need to open each > > section TOC and delete the not-in-that-section items, but otherwise > > your line break tools and standards would continue to work. > > > > Art > > > > On 6/14/06, Bodvar Bjorgvinsson <bodvar at gmail.com> wrote: > > > I am fighting to adapt an alien structured book to our needs. It > > > consists of a couple of hundred files but there is only one bookfile > > > and each "Section" or volume has its own Table of Contents (in > > > addition to the book TOC), which they call Index. Some of the TOCs > > > were totally without hyperlinks (just typed text within special entry > > > elements), but some use hyperlink elements. > > > > > > I want to get some easier way of linking the TOC items, so, as I do > > > not know of any easy way of making a section TOC (because this would > > > involve dozens of files for each and there are other practical reasons > > > not to split the book up into more book files), I decided to try to > > > use cross references. > > > > > > I added the necessary elements to the EDD and everything works OK, > > > except when I come across long lines, of course the lines won't brake > > > anywhere sensible. It seems to me, that it is in places like this that > > > we need to be able to set a tabulator length, so that a line will > > > brake within a tabulator. > > > > > > Is there any way of working this, a FrameScript or something? > > > Can ToCBreaker be tricked into being applicable here? > > > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > > > Bodvar Bjorgvinsson, > > > Supervisor Publishing, > > > Flight Support, > > > Air Atlanta Icelandic > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > > > > You are currently subscribed to Framers as art.campbell at gmail.com. > > > > > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > > > > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > > > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > > > or visit > > > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com > > > > > > Send administrative questions to lisa at frameusers.com. Visit > > > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. > > > > > > > > > -- > > Art Campbell art.campbell at > > gmail.com > > "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent > > and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson > > No disclaimers apply. > > DoD 358 > > > _______________________________________________ > > > You are currently subscribed to Framers as art.campbell at gmail.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to lisa at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. > -- Art Campbell art.campbell at gmail.com "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358