[texhax] Questions about flowfram

[Peter Davis]

Ok, I think I'm close to solving this problem.  I think the approach is to
define a macro like:

\newcommand{\newletter}{%
\finishthispage%
\setallflowframes{pages=none}%
\setflowframes*{logo,address,firpagetext}{pages=\thepage}%
\setflowframes*{laterpagetext}{pages={>\thepage}}}

Then I just output that at the start of each letter.  I haven't tested this
yet, but it seems about right based on my other experiments.  NOTE: I
changed the staticframes for logo and address to flowframes here for
simplicity.

Thanks,
-pd


On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 6:35 AM, Peter Davis <pfd at pfdstudio.com> wrote:

> Thanks, Uwe.  No, the pages will all print on the same paper.  Only the
> layout will vary between the first page and subsequent pages.  But
> 1) I need the flexibility of flowfram, and
> 2) all the letters will be in one document, so it may go something like:
>
> page 1: letter 1, first page
> page 2: letter 1, second page
> page 3: letter 2, first page
> page 4: letter 3, first page
> page 5: letter 3, second page
> page 6: letter 3, third page
> page 7: letter 4, first page
> etc.
>
> So pages 1, 3, 4 and 7 will use one layout, and the remaining pages will
> use another.  The difficulty with using flowfram with this is that I don't
> know in advance how many pages each letter will require.
>
> Thanks,
> -pd
>
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 2:57 AM, Uwe Ziegenhagen <ziegenhagen at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> So the paper itself is different for the different pages? If not the
>> scrlttr2 class from the KOMA bundle has settings which differentiate between
>> different page layout for the first and subsequent pages.
>>
>> Uwe
>>
>> Von meinem iPad gesendet
>>
>> Am 20.10.2011 um 01:14 schrieb Peter Davis <pfd at pfdstudio.com>:
>>
>>
>> Ok, let me try this another way.  Suppose I'm creating a document which is
>> really a bunch of letters that will get mailed out.  The first page of each
>> letter should appear to be on letterhead stationery ... with logos, return
>> address, etc.  The second an subsequent pages will be just plain.
>>
>> So when I define frames, I might do something like:
>>
>> \newstaticframe[1]{width}{height}{x}{y}{logo}
>> \newstaticframe[1]{width}{height}{x}{y}{address}
>> \newflowframe[1]{width}{height}{x}{y}{firstpagetext}
>> \newflowframe[>1]{width}{height}{x}{y}{laterpagetext}
>>
>> Ok, that's all well and good for one single letter.  But what if I want to
>> do multiple letters of different lengths, one after another in one document?
>>  Some are 1 page, some 2 and some 3.
>>
>> Is there any way to set the pages keyword for these frames to get them in
>> the rightplaces?
>>
>> Thanks for any suggestions, pointers, etc.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> -pd
>>
>>
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