Re: Thot 1.0 difficulty

Cecile Roisin (Cecile.Roisin@imag.fr)
Tue, 10 Sep 1996 14:33:15 +0200

Here is a problem (and a solution) that can interests many of Thot users.
Therefore I post it int the linux mailing list.

>> from abbot@pez.bell-labs.com
>> I am having a problem with my Thot 1.0.

>> I decided to do a simple test of the program. So I created a small
>>document using the Letter template, and saved it. Then, I wanted
>>to generate a PostScript file to be printed later. I selected
>>Print from the menu, chose the "US" paper size, and clicked OK.

>> Thot does not produce a PostScript file for any paper size using the
>> letter template, and with the repaginate button pushed in. If I do not
>> push the repaginate button in, then a PostScript file is produced.
>> This is true of US, A4, etc.

>> One additional question: for the Letter template, the field titles are
>>printed in French (Expediteur, Titre, Destinaire, etc.). Are there
>>English versions of the templates, or can I substitute my own English
>>text for the field titles?

I think that I have fixed your problem.

When you create a document Letter, it is first displayed using a presentation schema
called "Form French" where the name of the fields appears. It is not devoted to be printed
and therefore the schema is called "without page format".
When you want to print such a letter, you have to change de presentation schema
before select the print command.

In the document menu, there is an entry called "Presentation" which proposes
the schemas available for the document.
For each type of document, there is a set of presentation schemas proposed.
For Letters, you can choose different English models such as Forms, standard presentation
(i. e. with pagination) for A4 or US formats.

When you select US format in the print menu, it is just for selecting the paper track
of the printer. It has no effect on the formatting procedures.

If you try to print (or produce a PostScript file) a document which is displayed
using a "without page format", the editor prints just the part corresponding to first
part of the document if you don't push the repaginate button in.
In the case where you push the repaginate button in, the print process stops and produces
a core file ! (it's a bug that will be fixed in the next release).

Hope that helps you,

Cecile

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