Re: One last mail on the subject[Was: Re: Trouble with paragraph duplication]

[Nicholas Clark]

Thanks for the responses, all. This was a pretty informative
discussion, and interesting to read. The more I use lout, the more I
like it.

-Nick

On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 4:16 PM, Pierre <address@hidden> wrote:
> Pierre:
>> PS
>>
>> > Otherwise Lout will try to put 2 full-width objects
>> > side by side, which obviously won't work.
>> >
>> >
>>
>> More Precisely I think, Lout puts the first @Lorem on the page; as it
>> contains a paragraph of text, it takes the full width available, which
>> is the width of the page if not otherwise limited (by @Width or by
>> columns).
>> Then Lout tries to put the second @Lorem near the first, but there is no
>> space available anymore, hence the error.
>>
>
> The key is to remember that text is flowable. As such, it behaves much
> like a fluid in a gravity field: it will occupy all the space
> horizontally before growing vertically. In the case at hand, you need to
> either create a container (using @Wide) to limit its horizontal
> expansion (think of it as a milk carton). I believe you could wrap only
> the first @Lorem in a @Wide container and flow the second one in the
> remaining available space, but I did not test it.
>
> The other solution is to use columns (| symbol); that forces Lout to
> consider both sides  "at the same time" when flowing the text. To re-use
> the liquid analogy, it is like pouring 2 fluids simultaneously on both
> sides of a mobile (but tight) separation: the separation will
> "equilibrate" in the middle of the available space (provided each side
> is at least one line long; otherwise the separation will shift
> accordingly, the default being alignment to the left I believe).
> Lout is pretty smart!
>
>
> Sorry for spamming the list, but if for once I can help...
> Next time I'll try to think about my answer beforehand an post a single
> message, I promise!
>
> --
> Pierre
>
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