RE: [MiKTeX] \oddsidemargin and \evensidemargin in plain TeX

[Sukomal M. <SU...@cs...>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Proginoskes [mailto:pro...@em...]
....
> > What is the plain TeX equivalent of \oddsidemargin and=20
> \evensidemargin?
>=20
> Try this; I used it for the preliminary version of my thesis.=20
> You may have to change "0.5in" and "0in".
>=20
>         \output=3D{\ifodd\pageno\hoffset=3D0.5in \else \hoffset=3D0in  =
\fi
>                 \shipout\vbox{\makeheadline \pagebody \makefootline}
>                 \advancepageno
>                 \ifnum\outputpenalty>-20000\else\dosupereject\fi}
>=20
> -- Christopher Heckman


Thanks Christopher. Your macro worked. I have used the following code at =
the beginning of my document. It is just your macro with slight =
modification. I was afraid that my header and footer would be modified =
by this code, but fortunately it does not. Nice! (I have found that your =
code is similar to that in The TeXBook (Knuth, p. 255).=20

\newdimen\oddsidemargin
\newdimen\evensidemargin
\oddsidemargin=3D5.0cm
\evensidemargin=3D0.0cm

\output=3D{\ifodd\pageno\hoffset=3D\oddsidemargin \else =
\hoffset=3D\evensidemargin \fi
    \shipout\vbox{\makeheadline \pagebody \makefootline}
    \advancepageno
    \ifnum\outputpenalty>-20000\else\dosupereject\fi}

Thanks and regards,
--
Sukomal Modak