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by kjmatthews
Tue Dec 08, 2009 9:55 pm
Forum: Mellel
Topic: Character spacing/tracking?
Replies: 12
Views: 9790

Re: Character spacing/tracking?

flooce wrote:Please Mellel team put character spacing and letterspacing onto some to-do list of yours ;).
Yes, please do! I was looking for this option just a few days ago.
by kjmatthews
Wed Nov 18, 2009 1:35 pm
Forum: Mellel
Topic: set background to fill whole line
Replies: 6
Views: 5806

Re: set background to fill whole line

One further solution to this problem: Create a paragraph style with a center tab set 1/2 way between the left- and right-hand margins, and a right tab set just before the right margin*. Create an auto-title using that paragraph style and define it as "(Tab)(Title)(Tab)." *for some reason s...
by kjmatthews
Wed Nov 18, 2009 4:14 am
Forum: The Nitty and the Gritty
Topic: Bibliography pane
Replies: 6
Views: 9425

Re: Bibliography pane

ppnkg wrote:You're probably right - this is an unnecessary duplication.

Speaking of citation behaviour - I wonder if we could have an 'Author (date)' option? (hope I'm not missing something here...)
This would be the domain of Bookends, though, not Mellel.
by kjmatthews
Tue Nov 17, 2009 9:02 pm
Forum: The Nitty and the Gritty
Topic: Feature request: set paragraph background color
Replies: 5
Views: 5814

Feature request: set paragraph background color

Based on a discussion of how to accomplish this through various "hacks" at http://forum.redlers.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=2210. I thought this was the more appropriate forum for a discussion of the advantages/disadvantages of such a feature. I will merely repeat that it seems unusual to ...
by kjmatthews
Tue Nov 17, 2009 8:54 pm
Forum: Mellel
Topic: set background to fill whole line
Replies: 6
Views: 5806

Re: set background to fill whole line

Actually, I would like to revise my opinion of these two solutions. They are ingenious stopgap measures, and I am very grateful for the suggestions, but they do create their own problems (like not respecting paragraph spacing and orphan/widow control). But is there any reason why Mellel allows you t...
by kjmatthews
Tue Nov 17, 2009 3:31 pm
Forum: Mellel
Topic: set background to fill whole line
Replies: 6
Views: 5806

Re: set background to fill whole line

Both of them great solutions to the problem. Thank you! Edit: Is there a way to "pad" a section somehow? I'd like the gray background to extend a small amount further above and below the text. I can get it to extend above by setting the paragraph spacing "above" in the style, but...
by kjmatthews
Mon Nov 16, 2009 9:35 pm
Forum: Mellel
Topic: set background to fill whole line
Replies: 6
Views: 5806

set background to fill whole line

Is it possible to do this in Mellel —i.e., get the gray background to extend the whole length of the line — without adding tabs or spaces to either side of the text, or faking a line break using full justification (which would also space the text out)? http://kylejamesmatthews.com/images/examples/te...
by kjmatthews
Mon Nov 16, 2009 8:47 pm
Forum: The Nitty and the Gritty
Topic: Bibliography pane
Replies: 6
Views: 9425

Bibliography pane

I find some of the ways the Bibliography pane works with certain Bookends features to be a little strange. Specifically, Mellel lists citations prefaced with some conditional markers or with user input as different from the same citations without the extra data. For example, the citations: {Matthews...
by kjmatthews
Fri Oct 30, 2009 3:03 pm
Forum: Mellel
Topic: spelling and grammar checker
Replies: 15
Views: 22275

Re: spelling and grammar checker

I heartily agree with the call for improved spell checking, particularly for multi-lingual documents.
by kjmatthews
Tue Oct 20, 2009 1:47 am
Forum: The Nitty and the Gritty
Topic: Header collapses when edited
Replies: 6
Views: 6229

Re: Header collapses when edited

donb wrote:The elasticity of the depth of the headers and footers allows for so many valuable things that I would hate to lose it.
Still, if the height of the header or footer is explicitly set by the user, it seems to me that Mellel should respect that height.
by kjmatthews
Sun Oct 18, 2009 11:13 pm
Forum: The Nitty and the Gritty
Topic: Header collapses when edited
Replies: 6
Views: 6229

Re: Header collapses when edited

I reported this to the developers and they told me that it was not a bug but a poorly implemented feature. I think they're planning to change it for the next bugfix update.
by kjmatthews
Sat Oct 17, 2009 4:27 pm
Forum: Mellel
Topic: Editing a citation, after doc is scanned
Replies: 13
Views: 8437

Re: Editing a citation, after doc is scanned

But the reason that kjmatthews wanted to do this will soon be moot, since Bookends will handle consecutive citations in the MLA format correctly in the next update. Well, almost moot. Bookends will never be able to format MLA citations 100% correctly. If mention is made of the author in the prose i...
by kjmatthews
Sat Oct 17, 2009 4:03 pm
Forum: Mellel
Topic: Dissertation page numbering
Replies: 10
Views: 11443

Re: Dissertation page numbering

Eyal Redler wrote:I don't see any mention to the margins in the "spec" you've posted here.
That's quite true, I hadn't realized I neglected to post that part. Margins are 1" on all sides except the left, which is 1.5".
by kjmatthews
Fri Oct 16, 2009 6:55 pm
Forum: Mellel
Topic: Dissertation page numbering
Replies: 10
Views: 11443

Re: Dissertation page numbering

This actually can be done and it's quite easy: Every chapter is a page range (so chapters are are separated with page style breaks). The page range should be configured like this: First, configure the header and footer: 1. Header - page number at the top right 2. Footer - page number in the middle ...
by kjmatthews
Fri Oct 16, 2009 6:41 pm
Forum: Mellel
Topic: Editing a citation, after doc is scanned
Replies: 13
Views: 8437

Re: Editing a citation, after doc is scanned

Hallelujah!