[XeTeX] book size options --- help

[Peter Seibel]

Yeah, I hear you. I started out (a few days ago) with Plain TeX and
mostly got it to do what I want. But then I needed some stuff from the
LaTeX color package. So I started using LaTeX's book class. But that
turned out to be a pain so finally I bit the bullet and started
wrestling with memoir. Now I've mostly got it beaten into submission,
at least for the needs of this book.

-Peter

On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 8:21 PM, Nicolas Vaughan <nivaca at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Peter,
> Thanks for your advice. I love the memoir class, but it has so many
> options, it's difficult to manage.
> Best wishes,
> Nicolas
>
>
>
> 2009/5/26 Peter Seibel <peter at gigamonkeys.com>:
>> You can also pretty easily get crop marks with the memoir class. I'm
>> just getting up to speed on it myself but that part was pretty
>> painless.
>>
>> Start your document with the 'showtrims' option:
>>
>>  \documentclass[showtrims]{memoir}
>>
>> Set up your stock size, etc.
>>
>>  \setstocksize{11in}{8.5in}
>>  \settrimmedsize{9in}{6in}{*}
>>  \settrims{1in}{1.25in} % so the trimed page is centered in the stock
>>  \setlrmarginsandblock{.5in}{.5in}{*}
>>  \setulmarginsandblock{1in}{1in}{*}
>>  \checkandfixthelayout
>>
>> then include one of the trim styles like:
>>
>>  \trimFrame
>>
>> or
>>
>>  \quarkmarks
>>
>> There are some other trim styles which should be mentioned in the
>> memoir manual near these two.
>>
>> -Peter
>>
>> P.S. As I said, I'm just learning this stuff myself so if I've done
>> something irredeemably dumb, hopefully someone more experienced will
>> chime in to set us straight.
>>
>> On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 7:33 PM, Nicolas Vaughan <nivaca at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hi Rembrandt,
>>> Thanks for your reply.
>>> I use this:
>>>
>>> \usepackage[paperwidth=170truemm,paperheight=240truemm]{geometry}
>>> \usepackage[cam,width=170truemm,height=240truemm,center]{crop},
>>>
>>> but with no results (I see no cropmarks).  Any ideas?
>>>
>>> Cheers!
>>>
>>> Nicolas
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 9:04 PM, Rembrandt Wolpert <wolpert at uark.edu> wrote:
>>>> Use the crop package. First you invoke geometry, then crop. Very easy. (It
>>>> should be on your system, I think.) Use truecm for your measurements (this
>>>> was discussed some time ago on this list). The documentation is at
>>>> http://www.ctan.org/pub/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/crop/
>>>>
>>>> Rembrandt
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 19:50, Nicolas Vaughan <nivaca at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks to all.
>>>>> BTW, is it easy to add cropmarks to the PDF?
>>>>> Nicolas
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 6:27 PM, Alan Munn <amunn at msu.edu> wrote:
>>>>> > At 4:33 PM -0500 5/26/09, Nicolas Vaughan wrote:
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> Dear all,
>>>>> >> This a problem I've had ever since I began working in LaTeX, and I
>>>>> >> still have it in XeTeX. Perhaps someone can help me with it.
>>>>> >> I have been requested to typeset in XeLaTeX a math book of this size:
>>>>> >> 170mm x 240mm. I must have these margins: top: 25mm, bottom: 30mm;
>>>>> >> outside: 25mm; inside: 25mm.
>>>>> >> But I don't know exactly how to change this parameters.
>>>>> >> Should I use the geometry package? Or the memoir class?
>>>>> >> Any recommendations?
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Memoir indeed has extensive page layout parameters, and they are well
>>>>> > documented.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Or if you're happy with the book class, then you can use geometry:
>>>>> >
>>>>> > \usepackage[paperwidth={170mm},paperheight={240mm}, tmargin={25mm},
>>>>> > bmargin={30mm}, inner={25mm}, outer={25mm}, twoside]{geometry}
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Should give you what you want. (You can also use geometry with memoir
>>>>> > AFAIK.)
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Alan
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> > --
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>>>>> >
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> 人有不為也而後可有為
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Peter Seibel
>> http://www.codersatwork.com/
>> http://www.gigamonkeys.com/blog/
>>
>



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