On Thu, 24 Jun 2004, Rich Shepard wrote:
> First, a simple question: what is the difference between \textellipsis and
> \ldots? I've used the former and they want the latter. In my copy of The
> Comprehensive LaTeX Symbol List, I find \textellipsis in Table 3: Predefined
> LaTeX Text-Mode Commands and \ldots in Table 2. Do these typeset differently
> and noticeably? Just curious.
I appreciate the helpful comments addressed to my third question
(involving spacing of display mode math), but that turns out to be a
non-issue.
In the meantime, I'd really like to solve the \forematter pagination
problem described below. The difference(s) between \textellipsis and \ldots
is for my future benefit but is not blocking production of my book.
> Second, pagenumbering. The perferred format is to have the preface before
> the Table of Contents, but the ToC should be paginated starting with 'i' (1
> in Roman numerals). Immediately before the ToC I have an ERT box with
> \pagenumbering{roman}
> \setcounter{page}{1}
> but, the second page of the Preface is marked "II", the third page is marked
> "i" and the second page of the ToC is marked "iv". How do I control this?
> That is, how can I turn off all page numbering prior to the ToC and then
> have that begin with "i" rather than "iii"?
Have I explained this clearly enough?
TIA,
Rich
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Dr. Richard B. Shepard, President
Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc. (TM)
<http://www.appl-ecosys.com>
