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- From: kelsey@mdd.comm.mot.com (Joe Kelsey)
- Subject: Re: Framemaker Figures and Captions
- Message-ID: <1992Nov5.221423.10343@mdd.comm.mot.com>
- Sender: news@mdd.comm.mot.com
- Organization: Motorola, Mobile Data Division - Seattle, WA
- References: <1992Oct29.224436.5424@mdd.comm.mot.com> <115410004@hpcuhe.cup.hp.com>
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- Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 22:14:23 GMT
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- First, I want to thank everyone who responded. I got a lot of useful
- ideas. Unfortunately, I still consider Framemaker an incredible
- kludge, but I have to live with it. The basic problem comes from the
- fact that anyone who wants to do *anything* except just type, *must*
- become an expert typesetter and delve into internal obscure details.
- Of course, all WYSIWYG editors suffer from this same defect.
-
- In <115410004@hpcuhe.cup.hp.com> campbelr@hpcuhe.cup.hp.com (Bob Campbell) writes:
-
- >What problems are there with embedding the figure in a single-cell
- >table? That is what I have been doing. It seems to have the same
- >effect.
-
- The only real problem comes from the fact that to a table ``float''
- means something different than it does to a figure...also, you cannot
- size table columns the same way you size anchored frames, etc. This
- again points out the basic problems with Framemaker: in order to make
- the correct choice (to use one-celled tables (amoebae?) versus
- anchored frames versus ...) the user *has* to know *all* of the
- technical details and must make that choice themselves. You can't
- simply provide a document style (a la LaTeX) and just give the user a
- few simple commands. Framemaker forces you to confront such arcane
- things as point size, line spacing, etc. each and every time you open
- a menu!
-
- Oh well. I got what I need for the current document. Now if I can
- only remember it when I need to write the next document...
-
- /Joe
- A true LaTeX fan forced into bondage to Framemaker...
-