On Sunday 11 December 2005 03:30 pm, Herbert Voss wrote:
> Steve Litt wrote:
> > For my next book I'm using a derivative of the Memoir class.
> >
> > My next book has two distinct parts that have two very
> > different functions in the book. Each needs an explanation, and
> > because it's a book of short stories, it would be inappropriate
> > to have the first chapter in a Part be the explanation. I'd
> > like to put a few paragraphs of explanation right on the Part
> > page. Anyone know how to do that?
>
> package epigraph
>
> Herbert
Thanks Herbert,
I was unable to make epigraph work in a reasonable amount of time --
error after error.
So I finally kludged Memoir by disabling the final formfeed on the
Part environment:
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Now that parts don't automatically formfeed, I can put anything I
want on the page. So I made an environment, using \leftbar, which
is specific to the Memoir document class. Here's my parttextL
environment:
\newenvironment{parttextL}[1]%
{%
\begin{leftbar}{}%
\begin{adjustwidth*}{1cm}{1cm}%
\Large%
#1%
\footnotesize%
}%
{%
\end{adjustwidth*}%
\end{leftbar}%
}%
The result is a pleasing commentary on the Part page, about an inch
below the part title. Proper formfeeding happens at the start of
the chapter following the part, which is just what I want.
As I mentioned, this is a kludge that would break down under other
circumstances, but it works in my book and enables me to continue
writing content.
Thanks
SteveT
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