On Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:58:21 -0600, Hans Hagen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> i'm wondering ... why do we need pagedir and bodydir? ========= http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/omega/ \pagedir The direction for pages (\shipout). \bodydir The direction for vboxes, including the main body of text. ========= Think of footnote numerals etc. IIRC: Without \pagedir TRT\bodydir TRT the footnote numerals will appear on the left despite \pardir and \textdir. I still don't completely _separately_ understand \pagedir TRT\bodydir TRT, but together they seem to make sense to me. Taco once started explainig these two to Hans and I a few months back but that thread was never completed... I'll look up where we left things off. Best wishes Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid, Editor-in-Chief International Journal of Shi`i Studies Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : [email protected] / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________
