Re: Typesetting functions

2005-12-17 Thread yoy
- Original Message - I'll check on Scott rolling credits... Sivakatirswami I can pretty much guarantee that until computer monitors have 2000+ pixels to the inch, it'll never happen. Dammit!!! Andy ___ use-revolution mailing list

RE: Typesetting functions

2005-12-17 Thread MisterX
December, 2005 11:12 To: How to use Revolution Subject: Re: Typesetting functions - Original Message - I'll check on Scott rolling credits... Sivakatirswami I can pretty much guarantee that until computer monitors have 2000+ pixels to the inch, it'll never happen. Dammit

Re: Typesetting functions

2005-12-17 Thread yoy
- Original Message - From: MisterX [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'How to use Revolution' use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2005 5:29 AM Subject: RE: Typesetting functions Andy, Sorry, but this is possible in FreeHand 1.0 or illustrator 1.0 eons ago

Re: Typesetting functions

2005-12-17 Thread Sivakatirswami
OK, I threw in the towel completely, replaced tabs with a single space simple centered everything in the field: Correspondents Rajiv Malik, Delhi Choodamani Sivaram, Bangalore Prabha Prabhakar Bhardwaj, Delhi Madhu Kishwar, Delhi Mangala Prasad Mohanty, Orissa V. S. Gopalakrishnan, Kerala

Re: Typesetting functions

2005-12-16 Thread yoy
- Original Message - From: Sivakatirswami [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Sent: Friday, December 16, 2005 6:01 AM Subject: Typesetting functions As one who is spoiled by options for very precise control over type all these years (Quark and now InDesign) the

Re: Typesetting functions

2005-12-16 Thread Thomas McGrath III
These are all things on my wish list as well. Some are 'trickable' and doable but with some effort. Tom On Dec 16, 2005, at 6:01 AM, Sivakatirswami wrote: As one who is spoiled by options for very precise control over type all these years (Quark and now InDesign) the challenges of making

Re: Typesetting functions

2005-12-16 Thread Scott Rossi
Recently, Sivakatirswami wrote: I was wondering if any one had rolled their own typesetting functions. Sorry, no (and obviously, you know it's difficult if not impossible do fine typographic settings in Rev, though if you're doing this for on screen use, I'm not sure how well fine typographic

Re: Typesetting functions

2005-12-16 Thread Bill Marriott
Sivakatirswami, Have you looked into whether formattedWidth, formattedHeight and other formatted* commands will help you achieve this? I don't think you'll be able to get kerning control or Quark-like results when printing, but these functions may be of use when trying to get screen elements

Re: Typesetting functions

2005-12-16 Thread Bill Marriott
Scott, I found that if you set the reel delay to 0 on this stack, it will become quite difficult to change the delay again, or to quit or do anything else with Revolution until you kill the process with task manager :) Bill Scott Rossi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL

Re: Typesetting functions

2005-12-16 Thread Scott Rossi
Recently, Bill Marriott wrote: I found that if you set the reel delay to 0 on this stack, it will become quite difficult to change the delay again, or to quit or do anything else with Revolution until you kill the process with task manager Then don't don't set the reel delay to 0. :-)

Re: Typesetting functions

2005-12-16 Thread Klaus Major
Hi Scott, Recently, Bill Marriott wrote: I found that if you set the reel delay to 0 on this stack, it will become quite difficult to change the delay again, or to quit or do anything else with Revolution until you kill the process with task manager Then don't don't set the reel delay

Re: Typesetting functions

2005-12-16 Thread Sivakatirswami
OK, what are your tricks? Once scripted, they shoudl be easily repeatable, n'est ce pas? On Dec 16, 2005, at 4:05 AM, Thomas McGrath III wrote: Some are 'trickable' and doable but with some effort. ___ use-revolution mailing list

Re: Typesetting functions

2005-12-16 Thread Sivakatirswami
I tried getting the formattedWidth of a chunk expression for char 1 to char -1 of someFooLine.. but this gets you a pixel integer, how do you translate that into len(someSpacesStringToInsert) /2 example all in one field. Center This Title paragraph aligned left; paragraph aligned left;

Re: Typesetting functions

2005-12-16 Thread Sivakatirswami
Well, Andy I set type back in 1974, by hand (well, almost... smile), burned the plates and ran the KORD myself, folded the parents sheets, collated signatures, perfect bound and trimmed... Those were the days, ... (you can have them! I much rather outsource as we do today... ) I remember

Re: Typesetting functions

2005-12-16 Thread Sivakatirswami
Oh my... LOL... what fun. Not sure that's where I want to go, but it sure brightened my evening. On Dec 16, 2005, at 7:14 AM, Bill Marriott wrote: go url http://www.tactilemedia.com/download/film_reel.rev; ___ use-revolution mailing list