[OS X TeX] Re: Memoir and setsidebars

[Kai von Fintel]

Assuming you have Latin Modern set up with

\usepackage{lmodern}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}

all you should need is

\setsidebars{*}{*}{*}{*}{\sffamily\footnotesize}{*}

Font commands like these are cumulative.

-- Kai (http://kaivonfintel.org).

On 8/2/07, Nathan Paxton <napaxton at fas.harvard.edu> wrote:
>         Thanks.  That worked.
>
>         A question. What if I want to change the size AND the font (say, to
> Latin Modern Sans Serif)?
>
> -Nathan
>
> > Try
> >
> > \setsidebars{*}{*}{*}{*}{\footnotesize}{*}
> >
> > When the manual says that a * can be inserted to keep the default, it
> > meant exactly that, not an empty bracket as you seem to be trying.
> > Also, \footnotesize as a font command belongs in the second to last
> > argument. The last argument wants a number for the height measure and
> > \footnotesize is not a measure but a font command.
> >
> > -- Kai (http://kaivonfintel.org).
> >
> > On 2 Aug 2007, at 10:52 AM, Nathan Paxton wrote:
> >
> >>      Sorry all,
> >>
> >>      I know this is probably more appropriate in CTT, but each time I
> >> try to post there, it cuts off the majority of the message.
> >>
> >>      If you can help with the following (or in helping me figure out
> >> how to post to CTT, I'd be quite grateful.
> >>
> >> best,
> >> -Nathan
> >>
> >> On Aug 1, 12:14 pm, NateP <napax... at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >         Hi all,
> >> >
> >> >         I'm using the memoir class to write a booklet for my
> >> department, and
> >> > I want to change the sidepar environment, so that it sets the
> >> sidepars
> >> > in a different font family and at footnote size.  The syntax for
> >> the
> >> > command is:
> >>
> >> Somehow the rest of the message got cut off.  Here it is:
> >>
> >> The syntax for the command is (with default values filled in):
> >> \setsidebars{\marginparsep}{\marginparwidth}{2\onelineskip}{0pt}{}
> >> {\textheight}
> >>
> >> \setsidebars{(hsep)}{(width)}{(vsep)}{(topsep)}{(font)}{(height)
> >>
> >> Memoir's documentation says: "Any, or all, of
> >> the arguments can be a *, in which case the parameter
> >> corresponding to that argument
> >> is unchanged."
> >>
> >> When I do that, however, I get the following in the log file,
> >> repeated five or six times:
> >>
> >> ./fullbook.tex:62: Missing number, treated as zero.
> >> <to be read again>
> >>                    \relax
> >> l.62  \setsidebars{}{}{}{}{}{\footnotesize}
> >>
> >> A number should have been here; I inserted `0'.
> >> (If you can't figure out why I needed to see a number,
> >> look up `weird error' in the index to The TeXbook.)
> >>
> >> ./fullbook.tex:62: Illegal unit of measure (pt inserted).
> >> <to be read again>
> >>                    \relax
> >> l.62  \setsidebars{}{}{}{}{}{\footnotesize}
> >>
> >> Dimensions can be in units of em, ex, in, pt, pc,
> >> cm, mm, dd, cc, nd, nc, bp, or sp; but yours is a new one!
> >> I'll assume that you meant to say pt, for printer's points.
> >> To recover gracefully from this error, it's best to
> >> delete the erroneous units; e.g., type `2' to delete
> >> two letters. (See Chapter 27 of The TeXbook.)
> >>
> >>
> >> ./fullbook.tex:62: Class memoir Error: \sidebarhsep is zero or
> >> negative.
> >>
> >> See the memoir class documentation for explanation.
> >> Type  H <return>  for immediate help.
> >>  ...
> >>
> >> l.62  \setsidebars{}{}{}{}{}{\footnotesize}
> >>
> >> You're in trouble here.  Try typing  <return>  to proceed.
> >> If that doesn't work, type  X <return>  to quit.
> >>
> >>
> >> ----------
> >> Nathan A. Paxton
> >> Ph.D. Candidate
> >> Dept. of Government, Harvard University
> >>
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> >>
> >> napaxton AT fas DOT harvard DOT edu
> >> http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~napaxton
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