On Thu, May 31, 2001 at 02:50:50PM +0100, Angus Leeming wrote:
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> Subject: Re: FormParagraph question
> Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 14:50:50 +0100
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> On Thursday 31 May 2001 14:33, Lars Gullik Bjønnes wrote:
> > Jean-Marc Lasgouttes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
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> > | >>>>> "Lars" == Lars Gullik Bjønnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > |
> > | Lars> Should be "Change Margins" (alt. modify) if course since the
> > | Lars> margins can also be made smaller.
> > |
> > | This is more difficult...
> > |
> > | Lars> yes... this is possible. But with this we are going down the
> > | Lars> path of manual layout and I am not overly fond of this. We
> > | Lars> really need the user to be able to dynamically create new
> > | Lars> paragraph styles (new ones, and ones based on existing ones.)
> > |
> > | Agreed. This feature was proposed by Juergen and I was not really in
> > | favor of it at the time. Moreover, if we are to do that, I'd rather
> > | find a standard package that provides this feature than roll our own
> > | macro. In fact, all macros but \LyX should eventually go away (I'm not
> > | sure it will be easy...).
> >
> > We are in complete agreement.
>
> Well that's always nice! So what do you propose I do to the dialog. Shall I
> just remove the offending "Offset" entry, or shall I leave things as they are
> but give the entry a better name such as has been proposed?
>
> Angus (who appears to have opened a can of worms!)
There is a command in plain TeX called \narrower, which narrows both sides
by the amount \parindent, default 20pt.
I think that's a lot better than allowing the user to enter inches or mm's
or points :-)
Martin
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