On Mon, 18 Apr 2016 14:46:05 -0400, in message 20160418144605.a5bbde8b82c39ab43e361...@schemamania.org, James K. Lowden wrote:
> While I'm in the groff neighborhood, I'd like to ask for advice for a > style of layout I don't see any direct support for. > > Readers of this list might have read The Annotated Alice. The text of > Alice in Wonderland is full size, and the outer edges of the page have > copious side-notes whose vertical location coincides with the text > they're commenting on. Reading the text, the reader can easily refer > to the running commentary along the edge. Depending on mood and > interest, sometimes the commentary is more interesting than the text > itself. > > Like footnotes, the sidenotes are distinguished from the main text by > the font size. Unlike footnotes, they alternate location on odd and > even pages. > > I don't see any simple way of using .2C in -ms to emulate that layout, > nor does .MCO in MOM look suitable. I suppose it requires a whole > different set of macros. How would you approach it? Check out MOM's "Margin Notes". I've never had need of them, but they sound like just what you want. --Dale -- Sign in coffee shop: "Children left unattended will be given an espresso and a Free Puppy."
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