Re: content-layout,a minor problem

[Jürgen H. Havix]

>> The first line on the second page of the content-part beginns like
>> normal text directly at the top of the page, which does not look quite
>> so good, especially if there are only a few lines left.
>
> You're entitle to your opinion, obviously, but this is the way it
> is always done.  A glance at virtually any document will confirm this.
>
The more I am thankful that you devote your time to a solution.
For techmical documentation, I'll agree, but I'm using lout
for a lot of other paperwork, although it may be that lout was not designed
for it, but I find lout such a fine application.
If you have struggled like me in the past with version conflicts of DTP and
Textprozessors, files not opening any more, postscript output, that is
seemingly wrong or so special, that I can hardly get through --- then
aftera admittable steep lerning curve, all this problems are almost gone with
lout: I got reliable, simple and to me first-class postscript code,
(almost) no version conflicts ... it simply works.I will not go into a lengthy 
laudatio of lout, you all know, why you are
using it.george





>> The content is made automatically, so I see no possibility to
>> insert additional space at the top of the second page. Does anybody
>> know a solution for this (minor) problem?
>
> No easy solution.  You could use the running headers options to
> achieve it, since the first page is a Start page and subsequent
> pages are non-Start pages.  Or you could use the @SetHeaderComponent
> symbol from the Expert's Guide:
>
>    @Heading { My Document }
>    //
>    2v @SetHeaderComponent {}
>    @PP
>    This text will have 2v's worth of blank space above it on
>    the second and subsequent pages.
>
> Hmm, perhaps this qualifies as an easy solution.  I haven't tested it.
>
>> If you have compiled your document, then you know with which
>> chapter-line the second page of the content starts. Would there
>> be a possibility to change parameters in this perticular chapter, so
>> that for the heading additional space appears in the content
>> but not in the chapter itself?
>
> I can't follow this, but I'm pretty sure that if I could the answer
> would be No.
>
> Jeff