Hi Peter. That's awesome!! Thanks. From now on, no snippets, just attachments. :) Speaking of which: > In particular, I haven't explored whether Scientific > Notebook allows for variant forms of numbered list (e.g. > Roman numerals) See attached. I changed the first two numbers manually through their "properties". I believe that one could change the default numbering type automatically through styles. (It *seems* that SN employs some use of style sheets.) And styles in SN is on my list of things to figure out. So as soon as I figure them out and can use them to change numbers, I'll send you another snippet, err I mean attachment. :) Thanks again. --Joanie > -----Original Message----- > From: duxhelp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:duxhelp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Peter Sullivan > Sent: Monday, May 01, 2006 4:00 PM > To: duxhelp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [duxhelp] Re: handing of numbered lists in TeX/LaTeX > documents > > Joanie, > > Your sample file confirms the problem you reported earlier. > I'm glad to have had the sample file, because the problem > (for DBT) is more complex when there are skipped lines > between various lines that start with \item. > Scientific Notebook typically produces such files, but your > code snippets didn't show things this way. > > In any case, I do believe that we'll be able to improve DBT's > handling of enumerated lists for DBT 10.6. I've just > completed a code change proposal, which Mike is now > reviewing, to do just that. With the code change applied, I > don't believe that we'll be getting the whole story just > right. In particular, I haven't explored whether Scientific > Notebook allows for variant forms of numbered list (e.g. > Roman numerals), nor have I adapted the code to properly > handle numbering of a third nested level. But, if these > changes are important, they should be relatively simple to > make. The hard part, I believe, is done. And I believe > you'll be pleased with the result. > > - Peter > > -----Original Message----- > From: duxhelp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:duxhelp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joanmarie Diggs > Sent: Saturday, April 29, 2006 12:36 PM > To: duxhelp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [duxhelp] Re: handing of numbered lists in TeX/LaTeX > documents > > Understood. And thanks for considering it for this release. > > I have attached the sort of document I use when trying to > figure out how things work rather than the sort of document I > would actually create. I hope it helps! If you want > something, uh, more traditional let me know. :) > > Just out of curiosity (and for the tentative planning of > workshops, etc.), I remember a target release date of > sometime in May. Is that still the plan? > > Thanks much for everything! > Joanie > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: duxhelp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > [mailto:duxhelp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Peter Sullivan > > Sent: Saturday, April 29, 2006 11:29 AM > > To: duxhelp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: [duxhelp] Re: handing of numbered lists in TeX/LaTeX > > documents > > > > Joanie, > > > > Feature requests are fine, but less and less likely to be > taken into > > account for this release. > > > > In this case, what you suggest is feasible. But if you > have any full > > SN sample files, even (or perhaps especially) simple ones, > these would > > be helpful. I find that code snippets of Latex are good for > > describing things, but the full file can influence how we > handle the > > snippets. So I don't like to get too deeply into problems > like this > > without sample files. > > > > - Peter > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: duxhelp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > [mailto:duxhelp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joanmarie Diggs > > Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 10:58 PM > > To: duxhelp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: [duxhelp] handing of numbered lists in TeX/LaTeX documents > > > > Hi all. This is not new to 10.6 so it's more of a feature > request and > > question. Hope no one minds. > > > > When I create a document in Scientific Notebook and format > text to be > > a > > Heading1 or Heading2, Duxbury maps my text upon import to > be an H1. or > > H2. > > However, when I format text in Scientific Notebook as a > numbered list, > > Duxbury applies the para. style. The same behavior, of > course, occurs > > in Word when you use automatic numbering instead of the List Number > > style. I'd happily use the appropriate style in Scientific > Notebook, > > but I'm not convinced there is one. Is there? (that's the question > > part of this message > > <smile>) > > > > Assuming there's not a style I can choose which will map to > Duxbury's > > List. > > style.... I took a gander at a Scientific Notebook document in Word > > Pad. As best as I can tell, the conversion seems to be pretty > > straightforward. For > > instance: > > > > \section{My Heading} in SN becomes <h1.>My Heading</h1.> in DBT. > > \subsection{Something Else} in SN becomes <h2.>Something > Else</h2.> in > > DBT > > > > Any place there's a $ in SN, in DBT you get either [ts] or [te]. I > > assume the first $ on a line is [ts] and the second [te]. When DBT > > sees \item, it replaces it with a number according to this > rule: The > > Nth \item in the document gets an N in front of it. Thus: > > > > \item $10+5=$ > > \item $10-5=$ > > > > results in: > > > > <para.>1. [ts]10+5[te]</para.> > > <para.>2. [ts]10-5[te]</para.> > > > > However, it seems that numbered lists begin with > \begin{enumerate} and > > end with \end{enumerate}. Is DBT using them or ignoring > them? Based > > on the handling of nested lists I'm guessing the latter. But more > > about that in a moment. A numbered list of two items looks like: > > > > \begin{enumerate} > > \item $10+5=$ > > \item $10-5=$ > > \end{enumerate} > > > > So, why not map \begin{enumerate} to <list.>, \end{enumerate} to > > </list.> and terminate each \item line with [<]? That would make > > importing and editing numbered SN documents a bit faster. > Plus, if my > > guess is correct, this might cause nested lists to be > handled better. > > Currently, DBT seems to count each \item without attention to the > > presence of nested lists. Thus > > > > \begin{enumerate} > > \item $10+5=$ > > \item $10-5=$ > > \begin{enumerate} > > \item $10\div 5=$ > > \end{enumerate} > > \end{enumerate} > > > > results in > > > > <para.>1. [ts]10+5=[te]</para.> > > <para.>2. [ts]10-5=[te]</para.> > > <para.>3. [ts]10÷5=[te]</para> > > > > But in SN it is: > > > > 1. 10+5= > > 2. 10-5= > > a. 10÷5=</para> > > > > So.... Am I making sense? <smile> And is there any chance of such > > list handling being added prior to the release of 10.6 or > is it a more > > complex problem than I realize? > > > > Thanks for your time! > > Joanie > > > > > > > > > > * * * > > * This message is via list duxhelp at freelists.org. > > * To unsubscribe, send a blank message with > > * unsubscribe > > * as the subject to <duxhelp-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>. You may also > > * subscribe, unsubscribe, and set vacation mode and other > subscription > > * options by visiting //www.freelists.org. 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