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Hi,

----- Original Message -----
De: address@hidden
Fecha: Martes, Enero 14, 2003 7:24 am
Asunto: Re: Perhaps a Bug on page header and page breaking

> > 
> > I think I found a bug on TeXmacs (1.0.1) When you mix non-
> numbered 
> > sections and numbered ones in one document you get the header of 
> the 
> > last numbered section in the pages of non-numbered sections.
> 
> That is not a bug. That is a feature.

 
> What you call "non-numbered section" (I guess they are section*,
> subsection*, etc.) are considered physical markup. That means they
> change the layout of the enclosed text, but they do not associate
> meaning to that text. Not associating meaning means (among other
> things) that the table of contents and page headers are not affected
> by this markup.

The problem with this feature is that you can have a <section*> and 
<subsection*> before a <section> and anyway you get the header of that 
section in the previous <section*> which seems to much logical to me.
 
> If you want logically significant non-numbered sections, you need to
> define your own markup. And maybe call them "u-section",
> "u-subsection", etc. (just a suggestion). At the moment I do not 
think
> the package system allows out-of-the-box to mix several sectioning
> styles in the same document, but it should not be very difficult to
> define a package for your specific needs.

I dont know much about that. I'm trying to learn TeXmacs making the 
translations of doc to spanish and send them to address@hidden, 
but I have not started to translate the styles doc. I will try to read 
it today.

> > Also there are some ramdom pages breakings in the print preview. 
I'm
> > a little worried because I made my thesis on TeXmacs and I cant
> > present it with random page breakings :(.
> 
> Unless we have an example document which demonstrates your problem
> (and a description of what would be the expected result) we cannot
> help much.

Ok, I will try to send a example with an attached doc.

> > Please help me about that. I need present my thesis writing on 
> > thursday.
> 
> That is always a bad idea to postpone technical issues... That is
> called risk management. Generally technical issues (esp. those you do
> not fully understand) are high risk, and thus should be done first.

Well the headers of <section*> and ramdom page breakings are new 
issues to me. I was concentrate on wrinting because I dont even know 
about that issues. I think that I can make a quick and dirty solution 
just omiting the headers and footers of <section*> pages or omiting 
the <section*> and getting the desired result "visually" (changing the 
size of font, etc). I'm trying to use TeXmacs for almost everything 
and try to learn in the way. May be the Thesis was a dangerous 
exercise, but I can say that writing it on TeXmacs was a pleasure also.

> I will do what I can to help.


Thanks David, as always for your kind response for newbies.

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