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Re: [Gnumed-devel] LaTeX contest for referral letter
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Karsten Hilbert |
Subject: |
Re: [Gnumed-devel] LaTeX contest for referral letter |
Date: |
Thu, 21 Jan 2010 10:45:34 +0100 |
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On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 01:25:24AM -0800, Jim Busser wrote:
> >> in normal mode there will be nothing of it in the pdf or paper, whereas in
> >> debug mode it will appear as an extra line
> >
> > While technically a good solution this ensures we will never
> > see it when we want it.
>
> Why would anybody want such details "normally" seen on
> (for example) a prescription, where the template reference
> will serve only to confuse matters?
Because Murphy's Law dictates that it will be wanted when
not available (that is, when a problem crops up but the
client was not run in debugging mode) and it won't be
reproducible either :-)
I don't really see how the now-tiny reference would confuse
matters. I should believe someone being confused by that
(mind you, *wondering* about it is another matter) should
easily be confused by lesser things, no ?
> If the page *will* print and the user is in any way
> dissatisfied, there is nothing wrong with requiring them to
> launch another client instance in debug mode and re-generate
> the same output except this time the template reference
> should appear.
Well, "requiring the user to help with debugging" is
something way beyond many users (apart from those partaking
in this list).
> Are you concerned that the proposed solution will cause
> the template reference to not appear despite that it should,
> even in debug mode?
No, that would simply be a coding error.
I will, however, not add another placeholder before 0.6.
> >> PS can the horizontal line separators in the footers be made to extend
> >> more fully across the page?
> >
> > If we throw all our combined forces behind the opposition to
> > TeX's typographic excellence, then, yes, there is a way.
>
> Well, we can be purists and swoon in TeX's brilliance,
LOL, hehe, I'm swooning already. See, if I wouldn't trust
TeX's competence in how something "really should" be typeset
I needn't use it in the first place.
My above also tried to say: there's a way but it's harder
than what I currently care for doing.
> or
> we can avoid distracting the clinician from the content as
> might otherwise arise from noting "this footer line looks
> weird... what's going on?"
$Deity forbid any of my colleagues see anything weird ! :-)))
I am all for avoiding disturbance but the ROI in light of
0.6.0 needs to be considered.
Also, if TeX says the footnote should be separated by a
not-quite-page-width line I am rather sure there's a good
reason (which one may not need to agree to, of course).
Karsten
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- Re: [Gnumed-devel] LaTeX contest for referral letter, (continued)
- Re: [Gnumed-devel] LaTeX contest for referral letter, Jim Busser, 2010/01/20
- Re: [Gnumed-devel] LaTeX contest for referral letter, Karsten Hilbert, 2010/01/20
- Re: [Gnumed-devel] LaTeX contest for referral letter, Jim Busser, 2010/01/20
- Re: [Gnumed-devel] LaTeX contest for referral letter, Karsten Hilbert, 2010/01/20
- Re: [Gnumed-devel] LaTeX contest for referral letter, Rogerio Luz Coelho, 2010/01/20
- Re: [Gnumed-devel] LaTeX contest for referral letter, Karsten Hilbert, 2010/01/20
- Re: [Gnumed-devel] LaTeX contest for referral letter, Rogerio Luz Coelho, 2010/01/20
- Re: [Gnumed-devel] LaTeX contest for referral letter, Jim Busser, 2010/01/20
- Re: [Gnumed-devel] LaTeX contest for referral letter, Karsten Hilbert, 2010/01/21
- Re: [Gnumed-devel] LaTeX contest for referral letter, Jim Busser, 2010/01/21
- Re: [Gnumed-devel] LaTeX contest for referral letter,
Karsten Hilbert <=
- Re: [Gnumed-devel] LaTeX contest for referral letter, Jim Busser, 2010/01/21
- Re: [Gnumed-devel] LaTeX contest for referral letter, Rogerio Luz Coelho, 2010/01/22
- Re: [Gnumed-devel] LaTeX contest for referral letter, Karsten Hilbert, 2010/01/22
- Re: [Gnumed-devel] LaTeX contest for referral letter, Karsten Hilbert, 2010/01/22
- Re: [Gnumed-devel] LaTeX contest for referral letter, Jim Busser, 2010/01/20
- Re: [Gnumed-devel] LaTeX contest for referral letter, Karsten Hilbert, 2010/01/21
- Re: [Gnumed-devel] LaTeX contest for referral letter, Rogerio Luz Coelho, 2010/01/22
- Re: [Gnumed-devel] LaTeX contest for referral letter, Karsten Hilbert, 2010/01/22
- Re: [Gnumed-devel] LaTeX contest for referral letter, Jim Busser, 2010/01/22
- Re: [Gnumed-devel] LaTeX contest for referral letter, Rogerio Luz Coelho, 2010/01/22