Description

This tag aligns paragraph in parameterized way. Please note that last line is aligned with a separate tag >q..<, except when using the variable style with syntax as explained in Remarks.

Parameters and typographical expressions

1.Alignment mode. 0 means justified, 1 centred, 2 right and 3 left.

Tag Effects

Effects are visible in the WYSIWYG pane of the Articles main tab or on a page on the Pages main tab. However, because this tag may change the way how the text lines are justified, its effect is indirectly visible in the source pane of the Articles or Pages main tab.

Type and scope

Should be inserted only at the beginning of the paragraph, after or before other tags, but before any printable character. Local for the paragraph where is inserted, therefore effects cease on the end of that paragraph. May be globalized, by appending the >default< tag after.

Remarks

If you are using this tag in a variable style, assuming the first parameter of the style is alignment, you can optimize the usage by the following syntax:

>pa #1<>q (#1=0) ? 3: #1<

This solution uses the GNML conditional expressions, and the part related to >q..< tag should be read as follows:

>tagname (test) ? Return_value_when_test=True : Return_value_when_test=False<

(#1=0)    this is a test, i.e If #1 is 0; it can return true (it means #1=0) or false (it means #1<>0)

?             this  sign delimits the part of test and the part of reactions to test

3             REACTION ON TRUE: if the test returns true, e.g. #1=0 i.e. justified, return 3 as parameter for q, i.e. make it LEFT

:             delimits reaction on TRUE from reaction of FALSE

#1           REACTION ON FALSE: if the test returns false, e.g. #1 is not 0, then return the value which is the same as first parameter, e.g. centred for centred and so on.