--- loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Print_Tricks.tex 2005/09/16 22:13:57 1.4
+++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Print_Tricks.tex 2005/09/27 10:26:46 1.5
@@ -14,7 +14,16 @@ it, please go to http://bugs.lon-capa.o
General information about printing within LonCAPA is also available:
\ref{Print_Resource}
-\emph{\&prettyprint and \&dollarformat look ugly}
+\emph{The print rendition of some Perl functions looks ugly }
+
+In particular these functions are:
+\begin{itemize}
+ \item \&prettyprint
+ \item \&dollarformat
+ \item \&xmlparse
+ \item \&chemparse
+\end{itemize}
+
To make these two functions work correctly within the print translator, it is
necessary to wrap them within a tag. For example:
@@ -26,22 +35,45 @@ If I had &prettyprint(100,'$2f'
\end{verbatim}
Note that the \texttt{} tags must be tightly wrapped around the function call or
-you will get a syntax error in web presentation mode.
+you will get a syntax error in web presentation mode. For additional information
+about cases where you must use \texttt{}, see ``Variables with tags don't print
+correctly'' below.
-\emph{Image placement and alignment is wrong}
+\emph{Image placement and alignment and text wrapping is wrong}
Unfortunately this is due to a large difference between the LaTeX and HTML page
layout model. In HTML images are placed exactly where you ask them to be placed.
-In LaTeX, images are considered {\em floats}, which LaTeX will place for you.
-There are a few print options you can try to place images approximately where you
-want them relative to sorrounding text \ref{Print_Options}.
+In LaTeX, images are considered {\em floats}, which LaTeX will place for you.
+Some of the common html tricks, using tables e.g. to control text wrapping around
+figures, will not always work in print mode; especially if the text is to the
+right side of the figure in the table.
+
+The alignment choice
+affects whether or not the print rendering engine attempts to get text to wrap around the
+image. With \texttt{align=``right''} or \texttt{align=``left''}, the print rendering engine
+attempts to use the {\em wrapfigure}
+environment to place text around the figure at the
+appropriate side. If a figure is in a table, then the print engine, by default,
+the print engine will use wrapfigure, set the alignment to ``right''
+unless you override it. Otherwise, the default alignment is ``bottom'' as it
+is for html, and no wrapping will occur.
+
+\\parpic style wrapping is also available by specifying \texttt{TeXwrap=``parpic''}
+ in the tag. In some limited casese this gives a better result.
+
+
+Other print specific tag attributes are available. \ref{Print_Options}.
+
+
\emph{Variables with tags don't print correctly}
If a variable contains XML, in general it is necessary to force the XML parser
to make a pass over the contents of the contents of the variable prior to rendering
-the section of the resource that contains that substitution. For example:
+the section of the resource that contains that substitution. When output,
+those variables must be bracketed inside of \texttt{ } tags.
+ For example:
\begin{verbatim}