On Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:58:21 -0600, Hans Hagen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> i'm wondering ... why do we need pagedir and bodydir?

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\pagedir  The direction for pages (\shipout).
\bodydir  The direction for vboxes, including the main body of text.
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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
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