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[Javier Arantegui <address@hidden>]

Hello,

El Lunes, 24 de Julio de 2006 15:20, Jani Huhtanen escribió:
> I'm writing my thesis in TeXmacs. How can I change the numbering of some
> pages to roman style? (i.e., I,II,III,IV,...) I know list enumeration can
> be changed easily but I haven't found a way to achieve the same for page
> numbers.

It's not difficult, but it's not trivial. To do this you must look 
for "page-the-page" and "render-as" in the Documentation (Help > Search > 
Documentation). Basically you must redefine how the page number will be 
render. To do that we will use page-the-page. We will user "number" to show 
the number in roman (i, ii...), Roman (I, II...), alpha (a,b...) or Alpha (A, 
B...).

Probably there is a better way to do this, but this is the only way I could 
think. If you know how to write a macro in TeXmacs, you will find this 
explanation too long. But I'm not, so I write it assuming that the reader has 
the same level of knowledge as me. Let's go:

1. Go to the beginning of the document.
2. Document > View > Edit source tree (That is go to the menu, click 
on "Document", then "View",...) We will do this in the Source Tree View. The 
first time you use it is a little bit scary but you will get used to it.
3. Source > Definition > Assign (or click on the ":=" icon > Assign). You 
will 
view "<assign||>" in blue inside a light blue box.
4. Type "page-the-page" (without the ""). It will be written in green and in 
italics.
5. Now, press once the right cursor key.
6. Source > Macro > Macro (or click on the Lambda icon > Macro). You will see 
on the screen "<assign|page-the-page|<macro|>>". The "<macro|>" will be in a 
a light blue box inside the previous one.
7. Source > Macro > Compound (or Lambda icon > Compound)
8. Type "number" (without the "") and press TAB key once.
9. Source > Definition > Value
10. Type "page-nr", press once the right cursor key and press once the TAB 
key.
11. Type "Roman" (roman, alpha or Alpha). Now you will see on the 
screen "<assign|page-the-page|<macro|<number|page-nr|Roman>>>"
12. Document > View > Edit source tree (to go to the normal view).

Now, the page number will be "I, II, III...". If you wanted to change it 
to "roman", you should go to the "Edit source tree" view and just change 
Roman for roman.

This is an example of how macros can be used in TeXmacs to customice your 
documents. Please, let me know if any part of this message is wrong or 
unclear. If it were OK, could it be part of the FAQ?

Best regards,

Javier


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Javier Arántegui
Dept. Tecnologia de Alimentos / Dept. of Food Technology
Universitat de Lleida / University of Lleida (Spain)
         
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