Richard Harris wrote:
>
> Dear Garst,
>
> Can you handle an 8bit (not mime) 10k tar.gz file?
>
> Not with Emacs RMAIL; I pull all files over ftp or http.
OK, wait for 1.2. I do not have an ftp site.
> I would really like
> it if you could test before I send them to the list. As things stand
> now, you can insert a blockbreak after viewing and deciding where it
> should go, but it will not do it automatically, and I have not the
> slightest idea as to how to do that, much less in a sensible way. It
> would be most helpful if you could convert a script and tell me where
> the new hollywood fails.
> Garst
>
> I do not mean to be unkind. But if one cannot reproduce the parameters and page
> breaks of Final Draft, Scriptware, ScriptThing and Movie Magic Screenwriter then
> there is not a migration path. What you are doing is FINE for new scripts so
> long as it falls *within* the range of defaults AND breaks *somehow* at the
> proper length. But for people who have multiple scripts in circulation of a
> stated length, it is not possible to migrate if the migration changes the script
> more than a partial page.
I think everything is now tunable enough and documented within the
example script which will be in 1.2. If you know where the page breaks
come they are simple to insert with the new command "More." The only
other thing should be tweaking baselineskip.
> The reason I have asked this mailing list for assistance is that I suspected I
> *would* have to make my own migration path. I have the need for it and that is
> what drives open source; you have your own work to do - I am not criticizing
> you. I am surprised at how reluctant this group is to answer simple questions
> like: "What is a good Latex reference?" or "Which of the layout/class pairs show
> the most understanding of how things should be done?"
I never saw such a question. You need the LaTeX Companion ISBN
0-2-1-54199-8 for starters. I has extensive references (95 of them).
Hollywood.cls is derived from report.cls.
> The answers to those two questions are really all that I am looking for from
> this mailing list.
>
> Respectfully,
>
Bon chance,
Garst
