(j3.2006) Choices for typesetting intrinsic function argumens
Dick Hendrickson
dick.hendrickson
Thu Feb 22 12:01:38 EST 2007
I'll go for either 3 or 1, probably in that order. 3 looks a little
better if there is only a one-line argument description.
In a way, it doesn't matter much. IIRC, the final public product
has no line numbers. So, it's best to choose the version that
will look best after ISO/NCITS/whomever finishes their merely
editorial improvements. The 10 or so of use can figure out
what to do with an occasional missing line number.
Dick Hendrickson
W. Van Snyder wrote:
> I have developed three ways of typesetting intrinsic function arguments
> that have long names and "(optional)" (see EXECUTE_COMMAND_LINE, for
> example).
>
> 1. Set the argument name and "(optional)" as a paragraph and the
> argument description as what LaTeX calls a "minipage". This results in
> having only one line number, even if the description is several lines.
>
> You get
> ARGUMENT First line of description
> 12 (optional) Second line of description
>
> 2. Set the argument name and "(optional)" as a paragraph that is a list
> item label, and the argument description as the list item text. If the
> argument name is long enough that "(optional)" comes on the second line
> of the paragaph that is the list item label, and the argument
> description takes more than one line, there is a blank line between the
> first and second line of the description text (adjacent to the
> "(optional)"). But... line numbers work correctly.
>
> You get
> 12 ARGUMENT First line of description
> 13 (optional)
> 14 Second line of description
>
> 3. Set the argument name and "(optional)" as a list item label without
> making it a paragraph, and the argument description as the list item
> text. If the argument name and "(optional)" are wider than the space
> allocated for the list item label, it extends into the description's
> space; the first line of the description is indented so the label and
> description don't clobber each other; subsequent lines begin where they
> would begin if the argument name were short. Line numbers work correctly.
>
> You get
> 12 ARGUMENT (optional) First line of description
> 13 Second line of description
>
> Which do you prefer?
>
> Van
>
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