1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:08,469 foreign 2 00:00:00,500 --> 00:00:08,469 [Music] 3 00:00:10,980 --> 00:00:16,199 excellent now we have creating a poetry 4 00:00:13,500 --> 00:00:18,060 book with Peter Chubb Peter has 5 00:00:16,199 --> 00:00:20,039 contributed to many open source projects 6 00:00:18,060 --> 00:00:22,740 over the years mostly on low-level 7 00:00:20,039 --> 00:00:24,240 system code in recent years Peter has 8 00:00:22,740 --> 00:00:27,300 been helping to grow the open source 9 00:00:24,240 --> 00:00:30,000 Community around sel4 and contributing 10 00:00:27,300 --> 00:00:32,279 to its ecosystem this talk is far away 11 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:34,860 from that work however 12 00:00:32,279 --> 00:00:37,079 today Peter will talk about using the 13 00:00:34,860 --> 00:00:39,420 latex type setting system to produce a 14 00:00:37,079 --> 00:00:42,140 publication ready poetry book please 15 00:00:39,420 --> 00:00:42,140 welcome Peter 16 00:00:42,540 --> 00:00:46,440 hello folks 17 00:00:44,460 --> 00:00:47,700 I'd like to start by saying this is 18 00:00:46,440 --> 00:00:50,219 nothing whatsoever to do with my work 19 00:00:47,700 --> 00:00:52,020 it's all on my own time and I do have a 20 00:00:50,219 --> 00:00:55,020 note for my mother to say that I'm 21 00:00:52,020 --> 00:00:56,699 allowed to quote some of her poetry 22 00:00:55,020 --> 00:00:59,520 I'd also like to acknowledge that we're 23 00:00:56,699 --> 00:01:00,780 meeting on the land of the voluntary boy 24 00:00:59,520 --> 00:01:02,940 people 25 00:01:00,780 --> 00:01:06,000 and pay my respects to Elders past 26 00:01:02,940 --> 00:01:07,320 present and emerging and to mention that 27 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:09,540 most of the poems that I'm going to be 28 00:01:07,320 --> 00:01:13,560 talking about were developed in Armadale 29 00:01:09,540 --> 00:01:15,180 in the aniwan ganawayan people's country 30 00:01:13,560 --> 00:01:16,619 and my mother is actually fairly 31 00:01:15,180 --> 00:01:18,479 involved with the keeping place and so 32 00:01:16,619 --> 00:01:19,799 forth to help maintain Aboriginal 33 00:01:18,479 --> 00:01:22,080 culture 34 00:01:19,799 --> 00:01:24,900 but anyway this story starts when you've 35 00:01:22,080 --> 00:01:27,200 got a whole heap of documents 36 00:01:24,900 --> 00:01:30,360 in some kind of order 37 00:01:27,200 --> 00:01:33,180 possibly bundled and you want to boil 38 00:01:30,360 --> 00:01:36,000 that down into a book 39 00:01:33,180 --> 00:01:38,880 so you have some collection of poems and 40 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:42,960 some previous poetry books 41 00:01:38,880 --> 00:01:45,119 you want a real printed book 42 00:01:42,960 --> 00:01:48,259 with all of the poems nicely typed set 43 00:01:45,119 --> 00:01:51,000 in some kind of order that makes sense 44 00:01:48,259 --> 00:01:53,579 and with all the other things that makes 45 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:55,619 a book rather than just a collection of 46 00:01:53,579 --> 00:01:57,299 poems on a website 47 00:01:55,619 --> 00:01:58,860 so let's start by having a look at 48 00:01:57,299 --> 00:02:00,540 what's in a book 49 00:01:58,860 --> 00:02:03,060 the first thing you see when you pick up 50 00:02:00,540 --> 00:02:05,579 a book is its cover this happens to be 51 00:02:03,060 --> 00:02:06,540 an 1865 edition of Banks's Endeavor 52 00:02:05,579 --> 00:02:08,580 Journal 53 00:02:06,540 --> 00:02:09,539 as you can see this particular one's in 54 00:02:08,580 --> 00:02:11,280 boards 55 00:02:09,539 --> 00:02:13,920 which are cloth covered and with a 56 00:02:11,280 --> 00:02:15,420 leather spine but you could just have a 57 00:02:13,920 --> 00:02:17,940 paper spine or you could have leather 58 00:02:15,420 --> 00:02:19,980 leather covers all over 59 00:02:17,940 --> 00:02:22,500 you need to just know that fairly early 60 00:02:19,980 --> 00:02:25,860 on because it involves some of your 61 00:02:22,500 --> 00:02:27,060 later type setting decisions if you open 62 00:02:25,860 --> 00:02:30,599 the book 63 00:02:27,060 --> 00:02:33,180 you see the end papers now when you've 64 00:02:30,599 --> 00:02:35,879 got a book a hardcover 65 00:02:33,180 --> 00:02:37,980 you tend to glue across the spine sheets 66 00:02:35,879 --> 00:02:40,379 of gauze 67 00:02:37,980 --> 00:02:42,360 um like you used with bandages and then 68 00:02:40,379 --> 00:02:43,739 use that to glue the covers on if you 69 00:02:42,360 --> 00:02:45,660 just do that you can see the bits of 70 00:02:43,739 --> 00:02:47,340 gauze and it looks really ugly so what 71 00:02:45,660 --> 00:02:49,800 Publishers do is 72 00:02:47,340 --> 00:02:52,860 put a piece of paper across the hole of 73 00:02:49,800 --> 00:02:54,540 the inside and that's your end paper 74 00:02:52,860 --> 00:02:58,080 traditionally they were plain color 75 00:02:54,540 --> 00:03:00,540 around the 1890s 76 00:02:58,080 --> 00:03:03,000 marbled covers started becoming really 77 00:03:00,540 --> 00:03:05,580 popular and then later on in the early 78 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:07,680 1900s some Publishers started using 79 00:03:05,580 --> 00:03:09,260 printed in papers 80 00:03:07,680 --> 00:03:12,599 modern 81 00:03:09,260 --> 00:03:13,800 editions tend to be just plain white or 82 00:03:12,599 --> 00:03:15,959 they're printed with something that's 83 00:03:13,800 --> 00:03:17,040 relevant to the inside of the book I 84 00:03:15,959 --> 00:03:19,620 can't show you any of those because 85 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:21,300 they're still in copyright 86 00:03:19,620 --> 00:03:23,220 after you've gone past the end papers 87 00:03:21,300 --> 00:03:26,220 you come to the half title page the only 88 00:03:23,220 --> 00:03:28,920 thing on this is the title 89 00:03:26,220 --> 00:03:32,220 back in the early days of publishing 90 00:03:28,920 --> 00:03:34,560 before they had really good ways of 91 00:03:32,220 --> 00:03:36,599 cheaply putting the name on the spine of 92 00:03:34,560 --> 00:03:38,340 the book they left that blank and you 93 00:03:36,599 --> 00:03:39,720 were expected to cut out the half title 94 00:03:38,340 --> 00:03:41,159 page and glue it onto the back yourself 95 00:03:39,720 --> 00:03:42,780 when you got home 96 00:03:41,159 --> 00:03:45,840 or if you made a box of the book you 97 00:03:42,780 --> 00:03:47,519 glued onto that nowadays 98 00:03:45,840 --> 00:03:50,040 Publishers quite often leave out the 99 00:03:47,519 --> 00:03:53,519 half title page but there was a period 100 00:03:50,040 --> 00:03:55,319 between about 1810 and 1940 where the 101 00:03:53,519 --> 00:03:59,099 path title was left in it just didn't 102 00:03:55,319 --> 00:04:00,780 didn't show any useful purpose 103 00:03:59,099 --> 00:04:02,760 you then come to the most important page 104 00:04:00,780 --> 00:04:03,840 in the book from the type designers from 105 00:04:02,760 --> 00:04:05,760 the designer's point of view and that's 106 00:04:03,840 --> 00:04:07,860 the title page the only things that are 107 00:04:05,760 --> 00:04:08,879 essential on the title page are the name 108 00:04:07,860 --> 00:04:10,500 of the book 109 00:04:08,879 --> 00:04:13,200 and the author's name 110 00:04:10,500 --> 00:04:15,420 plus if it's part of a series you might 111 00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:18,299 have the name of the series and which 112 00:04:15,420 --> 00:04:19,320 number is in the series 113 00:04:18,299 --> 00:04:21,840 hit a version's got some other 114 00:04:19,320 --> 00:04:24,000 information as well if you're going to 115 00:04:21,840 --> 00:04:26,400 sign a book as a dedication to somebody 116 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:28,080 else don't sign the title page unless 117 00:04:26,400 --> 00:04:29,759 you're the author 118 00:04:28,080 --> 00:04:31,680 because the title page is traditionally 119 00:04:29,759 --> 00:04:34,080 reserved for the author to sign a 120 00:04:31,680 --> 00:04:36,840 dedication for 121 00:04:34,080 --> 00:04:39,060 the pages after the title page are the 122 00:04:36,840 --> 00:04:41,100 copyright Pages they're really important 123 00:04:39,060 --> 00:04:44,040 from the point of view of asserting your 124 00:04:41,100 --> 00:04:45,900 rights in the book and mentioning any 125 00:04:44,040 --> 00:04:47,820 other people who might have copyright 126 00:04:45,900 --> 00:04:49,740 material that's in your book 127 00:04:47,820 --> 00:04:51,360 in this particular case the copyright 128 00:04:49,740 --> 00:04:53,820 information is who the publisher is 129 00:04:51,360 --> 00:04:56,460 their address and the date it was 130 00:04:53,820 --> 00:04:57,840 published is on the title page and that 131 00:04:56,460 --> 00:04:59,820 was fairly common for early books before 132 00:04:57,840 --> 00:05:01,139 the burn convention was signed nowadays 133 00:04:59,820 --> 00:05:02,100 it's normally on the back of the title 134 00:05:01,139 --> 00:05:04,500 page 135 00:05:02,100 --> 00:05:06,900 you'll also often see in their a line of 136 00:05:04,500 --> 00:05:09,300 numbers starting at zero and starting at 137 00:05:06,900 --> 00:05:10,740 10 in the middle and going out to one at 138 00:05:09,300 --> 00:05:12,479 the left and two at the right and like 139 00:05:10,740 --> 00:05:14,759 that that's for different Impressions 140 00:05:12,479 --> 00:05:17,820 from the same set of printing plates and 141 00:05:14,759 --> 00:05:19,979 what happens there is that 142 00:05:17,820 --> 00:05:22,080 you make your printing run 143 00:05:19,979 --> 00:05:22,800 and that wears out the plates a little 144 00:05:22,080 --> 00:05:24,660 bit 145 00:05:22,800 --> 00:05:26,100 and when you've sold out of that you do 146 00:05:24,660 --> 00:05:27,539 another printing run but before you do 147 00:05:26,100 --> 00:05:30,600 the printing next printing line you 148 00:05:27,539 --> 00:05:31,979 carve off the one on that first page 149 00:05:30,600 --> 00:05:34,860 so you know it's the second impression 150 00:05:31,979 --> 00:05:37,560 of the first edition and so on 151 00:05:34,860 --> 00:05:39,360 um printing plates wear out as they get 152 00:05:37,560 --> 00:05:43,340 used so by the time you get to the 10th 153 00:05:39,360 --> 00:05:43,340 impression it's normally pretty fuzzy 154 00:05:44,160 --> 00:05:49,199 you then come to the forward and the or 155 00:05:46,620 --> 00:05:51,180 the prodigal gnomen or the uh 156 00:05:49,199 --> 00:05:53,880 introduction which is often written by 157 00:05:51,180 --> 00:05:55,139 some of the other than the author they 158 00:05:53,880 --> 00:05:57,120 have their own copyright in that which 159 00:05:55,139 --> 00:05:58,620 needs to be acknowledged somewhere else 160 00:05:57,120 --> 00:06:00,660 then you've got all the tables of 161 00:05:58,620 --> 00:06:03,180 contents figures and so forth and then 162 00:06:00,660 --> 00:06:05,220 you finally get to the real book 163 00:06:03,180 --> 00:06:06,479 all of the stuff before now has been 164 00:06:05,220 --> 00:06:08,699 numbered differently it's been numbered 165 00:06:06,479 --> 00:06:10,620 with Roman numerals now you come to the 166 00:06:08,699 --> 00:06:12,180 bit that's number numbered with Arabic 167 00:06:10,620 --> 00:06:13,620 numerals and that goes to the end of the 168 00:06:12,180 --> 00:06:15,419 book and it contains what the author 169 00:06:13,620 --> 00:06:17,759 vote 170 00:06:15,419 --> 00:06:19,740 right at the end 171 00:06:17,759 --> 00:06:22,220 and you'll see it 172 00:06:19,740 --> 00:06:22,220 here 173 00:06:22,680 --> 00:06:26,639 is the Publisher's colophon 174 00:06:24,720 --> 00:06:29,340 that contains information about the 175 00:06:26,639 --> 00:06:32,160 printer and what you did to print the 176 00:06:29,340 --> 00:06:35,220 book in this case it just got 177 00:06:32,160 --> 00:06:36,840 um some printer's name in Edinburgh 178 00:06:35,220 --> 00:06:40,139 but you can put whatever you want in 179 00:06:36,840 --> 00:06:41,759 there as the person did the printing 180 00:06:40,139 --> 00:06:43,979 we should probably mention book bindings 181 00:06:41,759 --> 00:06:45,960 too there are about four common book 182 00:06:43,979 --> 00:06:47,100 binding techniques that are used and you 183 00:06:45,960 --> 00:06:49,440 need to know this because it changes 184 00:06:47,100 --> 00:06:50,940 what what you've got of your page to 185 00:06:49,440 --> 00:06:53,340 type set onto 186 00:06:50,940 --> 00:06:55,919 one really simple method is the ring 187 00:06:53,340 --> 00:06:57,600 binding or spiral binding the tech books 188 00:06:55,919 --> 00:06:58,979 like this the main problem with that one 189 00:06:57,600 --> 00:07:01,620 as you can see in the top left hand 190 00:06:58,979 --> 00:07:03,419 corner is that the it tears away that 191 00:07:01,620 --> 00:07:05,340 the pages stay away 192 00:07:03,419 --> 00:07:06,840 the advantage is it's relatively cheap 193 00:07:05,340 --> 00:07:10,259 you can do it in an office binding 194 00:07:06,840 --> 00:07:13,020 machine and the book will open out flat 195 00:07:10,259 --> 00:07:15,539 perfect binding so-called you just take 196 00:07:13,020 --> 00:07:16,979 up the stock paper make some narrow cuts 197 00:07:15,539 --> 00:07:19,080 across the top and fill it up with glue 198 00:07:16,979 --> 00:07:20,639 and then if you're using a paper binding 199 00:07:19,080 --> 00:07:22,560 you just put the paper binding directly 200 00:07:20,639 --> 00:07:24,120 Over the Top If you're using a cloth 201 00:07:22,560 --> 00:07:26,460 binding you put your cloth tapes across 202 00:07:24,120 --> 00:07:28,620 the top and let the glue set 203 00:07:26,460 --> 00:07:30,960 the main problems with these is if you 204 00:07:28,620 --> 00:07:33,780 use an inferior quality glue the stuff 205 00:07:30,960 --> 00:07:35,940 breaks and you get broken spines 206 00:07:33,780 --> 00:07:38,039 if you use a good glue then you can't 207 00:07:35,940 --> 00:07:39,740 open the book completely so you can't 208 00:07:38,039 --> 00:07:43,139 open it flat 209 00:07:39,740 --> 00:07:45,120 be that as it may most books nowadays 210 00:07:43,139 --> 00:07:48,780 are perfect bound you can get perfect 211 00:07:45,120 --> 00:07:52,199 binding both in hardbacks and soft backs 212 00:07:48,780 --> 00:07:55,740 I believe no no no I have actually met 213 00:07:52,199 --> 00:07:59,580 softbacks that are non-perfect bound 214 00:07:55,740 --> 00:08:02,220 and the last way to make it is sew it in 215 00:07:59,580 --> 00:08:04,560 signatures now the early printers 216 00:08:02,220 --> 00:08:07,860 what they do is they take a huge piece 217 00:08:04,560 --> 00:08:09,900 of paper and print up 32 pages on the 218 00:08:07,860 --> 00:08:11,819 print thing and then fold it 219 00:08:09,900 --> 00:08:13,620 and then sew that 220 00:08:11,819 --> 00:08:16,740 to all the other ones that were there 221 00:08:13,620 --> 00:08:18,599 and then they would ship that as as the 222 00:08:16,740 --> 00:08:20,400 ball and you'd have to cut the pages 223 00:08:18,599 --> 00:08:22,319 yourself when you got it 224 00:08:20,400 --> 00:08:23,879 later on they did the same thing with 225 00:08:22,319 --> 00:08:26,160 the folding trick but they would trim 226 00:08:23,879 --> 00:08:28,319 off the edges 227 00:08:26,160 --> 00:08:30,720 and that's what most of the high quality 228 00:08:28,319 --> 00:08:33,060 books uh today 229 00:08:30,720 --> 00:08:35,219 you can also instead of using linen 230 00:08:33,060 --> 00:08:38,099 thread which is archival quality use 231 00:08:35,219 --> 00:08:40,860 steel otherwise known as Staples 232 00:08:38,099 --> 00:08:43,200 metal stitched books last really nicely 233 00:08:40,860 --> 00:08:45,600 for about 40 50 years and then the metal 234 00:08:43,200 --> 00:08:47,399 starts rusting and you get vast stains 235 00:08:45,600 --> 00:08:49,980 all over your book 236 00:08:47,399 --> 00:08:51,720 so for archival Quality books you 237 00:08:49,980 --> 00:08:54,420 probably want to use linen thread rather 238 00:08:51,720 --> 00:08:55,260 than metal stitched 239 00:08:54,420 --> 00:08:58,620 um 240 00:08:55,260 --> 00:09:01,980 if you have a binding that is like the 241 00:08:58,620 --> 00:09:05,100 spiral binding or like a perfect binding 242 00:09:01,980 --> 00:09:07,080 or a Japanese stab binding which I 243 00:09:05,100 --> 00:09:09,120 didn't actually mention then you lose 244 00:09:07,080 --> 00:09:11,339 some of your book 245 00:09:09,120 --> 00:09:14,220 on the left hand side on the Inside Edge 246 00:09:11,339 --> 00:09:15,839 of each page so that green line there 247 00:09:14,220 --> 00:09:17,160 everything to the left of that you can't 248 00:09:15,839 --> 00:09:19,380 really use because it's used up by The 249 00:09:17,160 --> 00:09:22,320 Binding and that changes the aspect 250 00:09:19,380 --> 00:09:25,200 ratio of your page when you go to layout 251 00:09:22,320 --> 00:09:26,700 likewise if you're using a Sony 252 00:09:25,200 --> 00:09:29,459 signatures 253 00:09:26,700 --> 00:09:31,440 book the inner Pages sticking out 254 00:09:29,459 --> 00:09:33,899 further than the outer pages 255 00:09:31,440 --> 00:09:35,640 so you have to allow for trimming the 256 00:09:33,899 --> 00:09:38,100 page and every page is going to have a 257 00:09:35,640 --> 00:09:39,720 slightly different aspect ratio you may 258 00:09:38,100 --> 00:09:41,700 want to trim more off than you would 259 00:09:39,720 --> 00:09:44,220 just absolutely have to in order to 260 00:09:41,700 --> 00:09:48,540 change the aspect ratio of the page so 261 00:09:44,220 --> 00:09:50,940 all the a series papers they're all uh 262 00:09:48,540 --> 00:09:53,100 boot two square root of two ratio 263 00:09:50,940 --> 00:09:54,240 between the length and the height if you 264 00:09:53,100 --> 00:09:57,000 wanted to move that more to the golden 265 00:09:54,240 --> 00:09:59,160 ratio which is like one to 1.56 266 00:09:57,000 --> 00:10:00,480 something you'd need to chop it off a 267 00:09:59,160 --> 00:10:02,100 bit more 268 00:10:00,480 --> 00:10:03,959 either way you need to know what that 269 00:10:02,100 --> 00:10:06,300 trim is that you want to do 270 00:10:03,959 --> 00:10:09,660 now when I first did a poetry book back 271 00:10:06,300 --> 00:10:12,180 in 1996 the end of 96 early 97 272 00:10:09,660 --> 00:10:14,880 we were still back at latex version two 273 00:10:12,180 --> 00:10:17,339 and it didn't have any really good ways 274 00:10:14,880 --> 00:10:19,019 of laying out pages 275 00:10:17,339 --> 00:10:20,700 that weren't 276 00:10:19,019 --> 00:10:24,360 American Paper 277 00:10:20,700 --> 00:10:25,800 the A4 A5 Styles really sucked 278 00:10:24,360 --> 00:10:28,980 and they didn't have any really good 279 00:10:25,800 --> 00:10:31,440 verse packages to lay out poetry so I 280 00:10:28,980 --> 00:10:33,420 created my own styles from scratch 281 00:10:31,440 --> 00:10:34,920 that was really really tedious and 282 00:10:33,420 --> 00:10:36,720 really hard to maintain as new versions 283 00:10:34,920 --> 00:10:40,740 of latex came up along 284 00:10:36,720 --> 00:10:43,080 but today in 2023 there's this class for 285 00:10:40,740 --> 00:10:45,959 layout called the Memoir class which 286 00:10:43,080 --> 00:10:48,360 provides really good opportunity for 287 00:10:45,959 --> 00:10:50,779 page layout and it understands a series 288 00:10:48,360 --> 00:10:50,779 paper 289 00:10:50,940 --> 00:10:55,260 the other thing I needed was a good way 290 00:10:52,500 --> 00:10:58,560 of laying out verse the big thing that 291 00:10:55,260 --> 00:11:00,740 the built inverse class verse style that 292 00:10:58,560 --> 00:11:04,019 happens in Memoir class that doesn't do 293 00:11:00,740 --> 00:11:05,940 is that lines if you can see in this 294 00:11:04,019 --> 00:11:07,500 line there's one really long line for 295 00:11:05,940 --> 00:11:10,140 poetry what you do is you take the in 296 00:11:07,500 --> 00:11:11,339 words and map them and align them right 297 00:11:10,140 --> 00:11:13,019 so you can tell it's still part of the 298 00:11:11,339 --> 00:11:14,820 same line because the line structure is 299 00:11:13,019 --> 00:11:17,820 part of the poem it's not just something 300 00:11:14,820 --> 00:11:21,959 that's add it all 301 00:11:17,820 --> 00:11:23,519 so the main the remaining thing is to 302 00:11:21,959 --> 00:11:26,220 build an index so we've got index of the 303 00:11:23,519 --> 00:11:29,640 poems there's Memoir classes built in 304 00:11:26,220 --> 00:11:32,579 stuff for generating the uh input to an 305 00:11:29,640 --> 00:11:34,740 indexing program there's a public domain 306 00:11:32,579 --> 00:11:36,240 uh sorry open source make index program 307 00:11:34,740 --> 00:11:39,240 that you can run on that to generate the 308 00:11:36,240 --> 00:11:40,620 latex to be styled for your index so 309 00:11:39,240 --> 00:11:42,180 we're set 310 00:11:40,620 --> 00:11:45,000 so what have I got I've got three 311 00:11:42,180 --> 00:11:47,399 previous books in the series 312 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:49,980 I've got a collection of poems in word 313 00:11:47,399 --> 00:11:52,440 or Microsoft Works format plus a whole 314 00:11:49,980 --> 00:11:53,880 heap that I hand written in writing 315 00:11:52,440 --> 00:11:56,399 that's got worse and worse as my 316 00:11:53,880 --> 00:11:59,760 mother's eyesight's been fading 317 00:11:56,399 --> 00:12:03,899 so what I want is firstly to convert 318 00:11:59,760 --> 00:12:06,420 that to plain text Abi word can 319 00:12:03,899 --> 00:12:08,579 understand the DOC format that was 320 00:12:06,420 --> 00:12:11,100 exported from works and Microsoft Word 321 00:12:08,579 --> 00:12:12,839 format so we can generate plain text 322 00:12:11,100 --> 00:12:15,000 from it 323 00:12:12,839 --> 00:12:15,959 so if I take a doc poem that looks like 324 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:17,459 this 325 00:12:15,959 --> 00:12:19,560 this is a really good poem by the way I 326 00:12:17,459 --> 00:12:21,060 might read it to you it's called 77 327 00:12:19,560 --> 00:12:23,880 trombones 328 00:12:21,060 --> 00:12:26,220 here's how we planned it brass Sprint 329 00:12:23,880 --> 00:12:29,640 linting in bright sunlight kids shouting 330 00:12:26,220 --> 00:12:32,760 clapping waving flags the old is smiling 331 00:12:29,640 --> 00:12:35,339 eyes moist with memories dog straining 332 00:12:32,760 --> 00:12:39,240 at leashes sniffing the air horses 333 00:12:35,339 --> 00:12:42,480 camels monkeys clowns tumblers chucklers 334 00:12:39,240 --> 00:12:45,779 fire eaters men on stilts 335 00:12:42,480 --> 00:12:48,600 girls in Gordy costumes Tableau by the 336 00:12:45,779 --> 00:12:50,279 truckload balloons lofting Into the Blue 337 00:12:48,600 --> 00:12:52,500 Blue Yonder 338 00:12:50,279 --> 00:12:53,880 Lost In The vasel Dazzle of Summer Sun 339 00:12:52,500 --> 00:12:56,579 but 340 00:12:53,880 --> 00:12:58,260 it rained and nobody came 341 00:12:56,579 --> 00:13:01,980 anyway that's an example of my mum's 342 00:12:58,260 --> 00:13:03,120 poem but that's the the DOC format after 343 00:13:01,980 --> 00:13:04,860 you've converted it you get something 344 00:13:03,120 --> 00:13:07,980 that looks like this and you'll notice 345 00:13:04,860 --> 00:13:10,740 that the spacing is a bit weird 346 00:13:07,980 --> 00:13:11,880 um the line break there is that where it 347 00:13:10,740 --> 00:13:13,500 goes moist with memories is just because 348 00:13:11,880 --> 00:13:15,240 I had to fit it on the slide it's not 349 00:13:13,500 --> 00:13:16,800 real 350 00:13:15,240 --> 00:13:18,680 so we had to 351 00:13:16,800 --> 00:13:22,680 mud poems so I could actually style them 352 00:13:18,680 --> 00:13:25,440 and uh at stanza separators and take all 353 00:13:22,680 --> 00:13:27,720 those tabs that Mama put into separate 354 00:13:25,440 --> 00:13:30,180 out ideas and replace them with a cue 355 00:13:27,720 --> 00:13:31,560 quad I wrote an awk script to do that 356 00:13:30,180 --> 00:13:34,200 it's too big for the slide you can get 357 00:13:31,560 --> 00:13:35,940 it from the git Repository 358 00:13:34,200 --> 00:13:38,040 and then you end up with something that 359 00:13:35,940 --> 00:13:40,519 looks like this and all I've got to do 360 00:13:38,040 --> 00:13:43,320 now is write the poem and stands of 361 00:13:40,519 --> 00:13:45,779 classes environments 362 00:13:43,320 --> 00:13:47,459 so we're almost there I'll give you a 363 00:13:45,779 --> 00:13:48,720 slight Tech refresher it's all about 364 00:13:47,459 --> 00:13:51,959 boxes 365 00:13:48,720 --> 00:13:54,600 and a box has a height and a depth and a 366 00:13:51,959 --> 00:13:55,800 baseline when when text 367 00:13:54,600 --> 00:13:58,260 um 368 00:13:55,800 --> 00:14:00,060 is in horizontal mode It lines up all 369 00:13:58,260 --> 00:14:02,399 the boxes on the Baseline when it's on 370 00:14:00,060 --> 00:14:04,680 vertical mode it goes down the page 371 00:14:02,399 --> 00:14:08,060 lining things up on the 372 00:14:04,680 --> 00:14:08,060 um left hand Edge 373 00:14:08,279 --> 00:14:11,880 a character 374 00:14:10,019 --> 00:14:14,940 goes down below the bass line and up 375 00:14:11,880 --> 00:14:17,399 above it and all characters are boxes 376 00:14:14,940 --> 00:14:19,560 so if you've tied a line of type what 377 00:14:17,399 --> 00:14:21,899 text sees it's just these boxes 378 00:14:19,560 --> 00:14:23,760 and it puts them all together and it 379 00:14:21,899 --> 00:14:25,560 keeps on putting them all together until 380 00:14:23,760 --> 00:14:28,380 it gets to a point where it can't put 381 00:14:25,560 --> 00:14:30,120 any more in the horizontal in in the 382 00:14:28,380 --> 00:14:31,680 horizontal space it's got 383 00:14:30,120 --> 00:14:33,959 if you're in the middle of a word then 384 00:14:31,680 --> 00:14:37,260 it says Ah it's really bad to break here 385 00:14:33,959 --> 00:14:40,680 I'll stretch all of the into word spaces 386 00:14:37,260 --> 00:14:42,120 until I've got somewhere I can break 387 00:14:40,680 --> 00:14:43,500 because you've got glue in the between 388 00:14:42,120 --> 00:14:45,000 spaces 389 00:14:43,500 --> 00:14:47,519 going downwards it does the same thing 390 00:14:45,000 --> 00:14:50,639 it goes down until it can't fit anymore 391 00:14:47,519 --> 00:14:53,639 on it then tries to stretch the inner 392 00:14:50,639 --> 00:14:56,220 the into into line space until 393 00:14:53,639 --> 00:14:58,139 everything fits 394 00:14:56,220 --> 00:15:01,260 the Interline spaces or into character 395 00:14:58,139 --> 00:15:03,540 spaces have this 396 00:15:01,260 --> 00:15:05,820 idea of a rubber length you've got the 397 00:15:03,540 --> 00:15:08,519 base length in this case space of nine 398 00:15:05,820 --> 00:15:10,920 and then it can stretch up to three more 399 00:15:08,519 --> 00:15:12,720 units or Shrink up to one unit and you 400 00:15:10,920 --> 00:15:14,040 can put infinite spaces in there too if 401 00:15:12,720 --> 00:15:16,920 you want to 402 00:15:14,040 --> 00:15:20,040 so this thing its natural width is 32 403 00:15:16,920 --> 00:15:23,639 units but it can actually squish into a 404 00:15:20,040 --> 00:15:26,699 29 unit thing or up to a 41 unit thing 405 00:15:23,639 --> 00:15:29,519 so let's look at the Memoir class 406 00:15:26,699 --> 00:15:33,060 it's got Oodles of flexibility 407 00:15:29,519 --> 00:15:35,040 and a huge manual 408 00:15:33,060 --> 00:15:36,959 but what I find is I need a bit of help 409 00:15:35,040 --> 00:15:39,660 to work out what it's doing 410 00:15:36,959 --> 00:15:41,339 so what I do is I use the show frame 411 00:15:39,660 --> 00:15:43,980 package as well what the show frame 412 00:15:41,339 --> 00:15:46,079 package does in this case it puts a red 413 00:15:43,980 --> 00:15:47,940 line around all the major elements on a 414 00:15:46,079 --> 00:15:50,940 page so I can see how what I'm laying 415 00:15:47,940 --> 00:15:53,220 out fits onto the page 416 00:15:50,940 --> 00:15:56,160 the other thing I need to do is because 417 00:15:53,220 --> 00:15:58,320 of that glue I can't always tell where 418 00:15:56,160 --> 00:16:00,120 particular elements end and where the 419 00:15:58,320 --> 00:16:02,639 next one begins because they can overlap 420 00:16:00,120 --> 00:16:04,440 so I've created this tight frame thingy 421 00:16:02,639 --> 00:16:06,779 and I'll show what that means in a 422 00:16:04,440 --> 00:16:08,940 little while in fact the next slide 423 00:16:06,779 --> 00:16:11,100 you can always use if box to put a box 424 00:16:08,940 --> 00:16:14,399 around something but if you just do that 425 00:16:11,100 --> 00:16:17,279 like here you can see that the frame is 426 00:16:14,399 --> 00:16:19,920 bigger than the Box 427 00:16:17,279 --> 00:16:23,160 that it's surrounding and the distance 428 00:16:19,920 --> 00:16:26,040 between the the line and the content is 429 00:16:23,160 --> 00:16:27,959 frame set if box set and the weakness of 430 00:16:26,040 --> 00:16:30,240 the line is 431 00:16:27,959 --> 00:16:33,000 um if box rule if I go back to that one 432 00:16:30,240 --> 00:16:36,680 you'll see I set fbox rule 433 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:39,720 to one point and say if box set to minus 434 00:16:36,680 --> 00:16:41,519 the if box rule width and that should 435 00:16:39,720 --> 00:16:43,740 give me 436 00:16:41,519 --> 00:16:45,660 a box that goes exactly around the 437 00:16:43,740 --> 00:16:47,759 content and you can use that as you go 438 00:16:45,660 --> 00:16:48,899 along to show how you're going with your 439 00:16:47,759 --> 00:16:51,480 page layout 440 00:16:48,899 --> 00:16:53,639 so what's the basics I want to run on A5 441 00:16:51,480 --> 00:16:54,839 paper so I say Stock A B there's also 442 00:16:53,639 --> 00:16:58,860 stock 443 00:16:54,839 --> 00:17:01,019 V for stock a IV and there's all the b 444 00:16:58,860 --> 00:17:03,000 sizes and there's American sizes and 445 00:17:01,019 --> 00:17:04,559 there's Imperial sizes as well but you 446 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:06,299 say what the stock size of the paper is 447 00:17:04,559 --> 00:17:08,459 that you're going to print on 448 00:17:06,299 --> 00:17:09,959 we're going to trim six millimeters off 449 00:17:08,459 --> 00:17:14,459 the outer edge and nothing off the top 450 00:17:09,959 --> 00:17:16,620 so our set trims to six millimeters 451 00:17:14,459 --> 00:17:17,880 and that's you can see where that line 452 00:17:16,620 --> 00:17:19,380 is 453 00:17:17,880 --> 00:17:22,140 we're then going to set the upper and 454 00:17:19,380 --> 00:17:24,240 lower margins although first 455 00:17:22,140 --> 00:17:26,459 for some reason 456 00:17:24,240 --> 00:17:28,919 um the Memoir class doesn't actually set 457 00:17:26,459 --> 00:17:32,160 the paper width and paper height options 458 00:17:28,919 --> 00:17:33,419 so I'm going to set those myself 459 00:17:32,160 --> 00:17:35,760 because I'm going to need them later 460 00:17:33,419 --> 00:17:37,799 when I lay out the cover sheet 461 00:17:35,760 --> 00:17:41,460 we're then going to set up the upper and 462 00:17:37,799 --> 00:17:43,679 lower margins these they set up up and 463 00:17:41,460 --> 00:17:47,220 lower set right and left margins which 464 00:17:43,679 --> 00:17:49,260 take either the two margins or one of 465 00:17:47,220 --> 00:17:51,660 the margins in a ratio and the other 466 00:17:49,260 --> 00:17:53,400 argument you put estimate skin in this 467 00:17:51,660 --> 00:17:56,160 case I'm going to want 25 millimeters at 468 00:17:53,400 --> 00:17:57,299 the top 175 millimeters for text and the 469 00:17:56,160 --> 00:17:58,919 bottom part is going to be for the 470 00:17:57,299 --> 00:18:00,480 footer and I'm only going to use the 471 00:17:58,919 --> 00:18:02,640 footer when it's in draft mode so it'll 472 00:18:00,480 --> 00:18:05,100 end up all of that footer space will be 473 00:18:02,640 --> 00:18:06,900 space at the bottom for aesthetic 474 00:18:05,100 --> 00:18:07,919 reasons 475 00:18:06,900 --> 00:18:09,960 uh 476 00:18:07,919 --> 00:18:11,700 we're going to set the headset which is 477 00:18:09,960 --> 00:18:13,860 the distance between the header and the 478 00:18:11,700 --> 00:18:16,200 text to 19 millimeters I want to have 479 00:18:13,860 --> 00:18:18,900 plenty of room there to put the title of 480 00:18:16,200 --> 00:18:21,179 each poem in that space 481 00:18:18,900 --> 00:18:22,080 and then we'll call check and fix the 482 00:18:21,179 --> 00:18:25,380 layout 483 00:18:22,080 --> 00:18:27,660 which checks that all of the all of the 484 00:18:25,380 --> 00:18:30,179 dimensions you've specified can actually 485 00:18:27,660 --> 00:18:33,500 fit onto an A5 sheet and it will 486 00:18:30,179 --> 00:18:33,500 complain bitterly if you can't 487 00:18:33,539 --> 00:18:38,460 now let's have a look at some poems 488 00:18:36,299 --> 00:18:41,460 some poems are just flush left this is a 489 00:18:38,460 --> 00:18:43,020 nice one white stilts wet footfalls 490 00:18:41,460 --> 00:18:44,880 delicately walking through the shallows 491 00:18:43,020 --> 00:18:46,679 towards the house black cat in the 492 00:18:44,880 --> 00:18:48,360 shadow should I shout 493 00:18:46,679 --> 00:18:49,980 but the white birds see the black shadow 494 00:18:48,360 --> 00:18:52,559 and launch into the sky 495 00:18:49,980 --> 00:18:55,140 leaving the cats to the couples 496 00:18:52,559 --> 00:18:56,340 so that one's just on the left but you 497 00:18:55,140 --> 00:18:59,160 can also have poems that just totally 498 00:18:56,340 --> 00:19:02,340 centered like this dog thought 499 00:18:59,160 --> 00:19:05,480 she thinks I'm walking to heal I know 500 00:19:02,340 --> 00:19:05,480 I'm rounding her up 501 00:19:05,880 --> 00:19:08,940 or you could have really really wired 502 00:19:07,679 --> 00:19:10,559 ones I'm not going to read this one too 503 00:19:08,940 --> 00:19:12,419 it's not in my book and it goes a bit 504 00:19:10,559 --> 00:19:13,919 longer than you've only got one verse 505 00:19:12,419 --> 00:19:16,440 or you can have things that are totally 506 00:19:13,919 --> 00:19:18,299 arbitrary and some some things have been 507 00:19:16,440 --> 00:19:19,980 indented in some stances are out or 508 00:19:18,299 --> 00:19:21,480 individual stanzas have lines that have 509 00:19:19,980 --> 00:19:23,419 indented them out 510 00:19:21,480 --> 00:19:25,980 so what I decided to do was create 511 00:19:23,419 --> 00:19:27,840 stanza styles for all the common cases 512 00:19:25,980 --> 00:19:30,179 and then deal with the few that were 513 00:19:27,840 --> 00:19:32,419 totally arbitrary in a totally arbitrary 514 00:19:30,179 --> 00:19:32,419 way 515 00:19:32,640 --> 00:19:37,260 so what I want is a long poem with many 516 00:19:35,580 --> 00:19:39,960 standards I want to put the title at the 517 00:19:37,260 --> 00:19:41,340 top some titles have a tagline which 518 00:19:39,960 --> 00:19:43,200 might be a quotation from something else 519 00:19:41,340 --> 00:19:45,120 it might be a dedication 520 00:19:43,200 --> 00:19:46,919 and then you put the stanza there have 521 00:19:45,120 --> 00:19:49,200 an interstanza Gap then the next stanza 522 00:19:46,919 --> 00:19:51,600 instanza Gap and I want the understands 523 00:19:49,200 --> 00:19:53,280 are gaps to be where you have any page 524 00:19:51,600 --> 00:19:54,660 breaks so you don't break in the middle 525 00:19:53,280 --> 00:19:56,400 of a center unless you really really 526 00:19:54,660 --> 00:19:58,860 have to 527 00:19:56,400 --> 00:20:00,419 so you've got the long poems and then 528 00:19:58,860 --> 00:20:01,500 after we've laid out all the long poems 529 00:20:00,419 --> 00:20:03,419 we're going to put in what mum calls 530 00:20:01,500 --> 00:20:05,460 micro poems which are less than the 531 00:20:03,419 --> 00:20:08,000 Sansa you know four lines like that dog 532 00:20:05,460 --> 00:20:08,000 thought one 533 00:20:08,160 --> 00:20:11,940 and then you've got other ones too which 534 00:20:10,200 --> 00:20:13,799 we can deal with later 535 00:20:11,940 --> 00:20:16,140 so we're going to put the title at the 536 00:20:13,799 --> 00:20:18,419 top in headset just under the header 537 00:20:16,140 --> 00:20:19,860 each poem starts a new page and we're 538 00:20:18,419 --> 00:20:22,559 going to encourage page breaks between 539 00:20:19,860 --> 00:20:25,440 panzers and try and lay things out so 540 00:20:22,559 --> 00:20:27,539 that two-page poems start on a Verso 541 00:20:25,440 --> 00:20:29,160 page 542 00:20:27,539 --> 00:20:31,020 and then after we've put all the poems 543 00:20:29,160 --> 00:20:32,460 in we'll put the microphones into put in 544 00:20:31,020 --> 00:20:34,200 the gaps 545 00:20:32,460 --> 00:20:36,480 so the title poems we want the title in 546 00:20:34,200 --> 00:20:38,460 all caps we want it just below the rule 547 00:20:36,480 --> 00:20:39,900 so I'm going to create a new length 548 00:20:38,460 --> 00:20:42,299 called title drop 549 00:20:39,900 --> 00:20:44,700 and I'm going to start it just being 550 00:20:42,299 --> 00:20:46,080 minus the head separation so minus that 551 00:20:44,700 --> 00:20:47,700 19 millimeters 552 00:20:46,080 --> 00:20:49,320 I'll create the new environment poem 553 00:20:47,700 --> 00:20:50,340 I'll do a clear page to move it to the 554 00:20:49,320 --> 00:20:52,740 top 555 00:20:50,340 --> 00:20:55,380 and then I'm going to skip upwards by 556 00:20:52,740 --> 00:20:56,880 that title drop and put the title in as 557 00:20:55,380 --> 00:20:59,039 you can see 558 00:20:56,880 --> 00:21:02,419 there's this extra space 559 00:20:59,039 --> 00:21:02,419 hang on I've just done something wrong 560 00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:07,039 I've lost my thing here 561 00:21:07,200 --> 00:21:11,700 and that's because when we start 562 00:21:08,820 --> 00:21:13,620 typesetting we've actually one Baseline 563 00:21:11,700 --> 00:21:15,539 skip down there 564 00:21:13,620 --> 00:21:16,919 so we need to add another Baseline skip 565 00:21:15,539 --> 00:21:19,020 in there 566 00:21:16,919 --> 00:21:20,460 what's more if we start putting the 567 00:21:19,020 --> 00:21:21,780 Poetry in it comes straight under the 568 00:21:20,460 --> 00:21:24,600 pipe 569 00:21:21,780 --> 00:21:26,880 under the title so if we put the minus 570 00:21:24,600 --> 00:21:28,500 Baseline skip in there as well 571 00:21:26,880 --> 00:21:30,360 you move up to the title into the right 572 00:21:28,500 --> 00:21:32,100 place but we've still got the Poetry in 573 00:21:30,360 --> 00:21:34,020 the wrong place so we need to put that 574 00:21:32,100 --> 00:21:37,200 poetry into a box 575 00:21:34,020 --> 00:21:40,080 so we put it into a into a vertical box 576 00:21:37,200 --> 00:21:43,260 that's the headset big and then we get 577 00:21:40,080 --> 00:21:45,000 what we want oh isn't that nice 578 00:21:43,260 --> 00:21:47,820 there's only a couple of minor things to 579 00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:49,700 do we need to to do the stanza style now 580 00:21:47,820 --> 00:21:52,080 GM verse 581 00:21:49,700 --> 00:21:53,400 assumes that each stands in its own 582 00:21:52,080 --> 00:21:54,780 verse environment I didn't want to do 583 00:21:53,400 --> 00:21:56,120 that I would have the whole thing in one 584 00:21:54,780 --> 00:21:59,220 verse environment so we can get 585 00:21:56,120 --> 00:22:01,320 consistent type setting for where the 586 00:21:59,220 --> 00:22:02,760 optical center of the line is across the 587 00:22:01,320 --> 00:22:04,740 entire poem 588 00:22:02,760 --> 00:22:06,960 and then have a separate stanza style 589 00:22:04,740 --> 00:22:08,820 that puts things in the right places so 590 00:22:06,960 --> 00:22:10,200 I'm going to new it new environment a 591 00:22:08,820 --> 00:22:11,940 stanza 592 00:22:10,200 --> 00:22:13,919 which has the verse and the inverse 593 00:22:11,940 --> 00:22:15,419 we're going to skip 10 points and then 594 00:22:13,919 --> 00:22:18,419 we're going to put this fill break 595 00:22:15,419 --> 00:22:20,760 instruction in what Phil Blake does is 596 00:22:18,419 --> 00:22:21,720 it puts an infinite fill in and then 597 00:22:20,760 --> 00:22:24,000 says 598 00:22:21,720 --> 00:22:25,320 see if you can break the line here I'm 599 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:27,799 going to give you a hint this is a good 600 00:22:25,320 --> 00:22:30,480 place and then puts a negative 601 00:22:27,799 --> 00:22:33,120 infinite fill in to go back to where you 602 00:22:30,480 --> 00:22:34,700 were the result is that if there's more 603 00:22:33,120 --> 00:22:38,580 stuff that can fit in there without 604 00:22:34,700 --> 00:22:40,559 really wrecking ticks page breaking 605 00:22:38,580 --> 00:22:42,840 algorithms it'll go in there but 606 00:22:40,559 --> 00:22:46,200 otherwise you'll get a break after the 607 00:22:42,840 --> 00:22:48,659 page break after the uh stanza and that 608 00:22:46,200 --> 00:22:51,679 encourages page breaks between standards 609 00:22:48,659 --> 00:22:51,679 which is exactly what we wanted 610 00:22:53,039 --> 00:22:55,580 you know 611 00:22:56,940 --> 00:23:00,179 how to enter the bit 612 00:22:58,140 --> 00:23:01,740 if I just use the verse environment 613 00:23:00,179 --> 00:23:03,480 it'll try and 614 00:23:01,740 --> 00:23:05,100 align it further to the left and it 615 00:23:03,480 --> 00:23:08,220 doesn't look so good so I'm going to 616 00:23:05,100 --> 00:23:09,419 allow each poem to give a suggested 617 00:23:08,220 --> 00:23:11,039 indent 618 00:23:09,419 --> 00:23:12,480 so we're going to make it a three 619 00:23:11,039 --> 00:23:14,159 argument instead of a two argument 620 00:23:12,480 --> 00:23:16,140 environment I'll come to the second 621 00:23:14,159 --> 00:23:17,220 argument in a little bit and we just set 622 00:23:16,140 --> 00:23:19,080 the verse left skip with that third 623 00:23:17,220 --> 00:23:21,780 argument 624 00:23:19,080 --> 00:23:23,820 and we have alternate stanza an 625 00:23:21,780 --> 00:23:25,559 alternate stands is indented more we're 626 00:23:23,820 --> 00:23:27,780 going to give it another argument 627 00:23:25,559 --> 00:23:31,080 instead of being zero now I've got one 628 00:23:27,780 --> 00:23:33,059 argument by default that argument is 1.3 629 00:23:31,080 --> 00:23:35,580 times the verse lift skip but you can 630 00:23:33,059 --> 00:23:37,140 override it for a particular poem you 631 00:23:35,580 --> 00:23:38,820 can even make it negative to out in the 632 00:23:37,140 --> 00:23:40,320 sensor if you want to 633 00:23:38,820 --> 00:23:42,659 and we're also going to have centered 634 00:23:40,320 --> 00:23:44,100 stanzas and wide stanzas the wide 635 00:23:42,659 --> 00:23:46,620 stanzas takes an argument which is the 636 00:23:44,100 --> 00:23:48,419 longest line in the stanza 637 00:23:46,620 --> 00:23:50,400 in fact what I normally do is give it 638 00:23:48,419 --> 00:23:52,320 the longest line in the entire poem so 639 00:23:50,400 --> 00:23:54,419 that each wide stanza is aligned on the 640 00:23:52,320 --> 00:23:56,100 longest line of the of the LA of the 641 00:23:54,419 --> 00:23:58,380 longest line of the poem 642 00:23:56,100 --> 00:24:00,000 and that works well 643 00:23:58,380 --> 00:24:03,179 we also need to style the microphones 644 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:04,559 microphones the same as the poem except 645 00:24:03,179 --> 00:24:05,520 that they don't start at the top of a 646 00:24:04,559 --> 00:24:07,140 page 647 00:24:05,520 --> 00:24:09,960 and 648 00:24:07,140 --> 00:24:12,480 you don't want to have the title so far 649 00:24:09,960 --> 00:24:14,940 above it but it's pretty trivial to to 650 00:24:12,480 --> 00:24:15,659 do that so I'm not going to give you the 651 00:24:14,940 --> 00:24:18,179 um 652 00:24:15,659 --> 00:24:19,980 full things 653 00:24:18,179 --> 00:24:21,480 and the final thing we need to do is 654 00:24:19,980 --> 00:24:22,919 there's no a poetry book it's no 655 00:24:21,480 --> 00:24:24,299 goodness you can find the poem so it 656 00:24:22,919 --> 00:24:26,820 needs an index 657 00:24:24,299 --> 00:24:28,860 Memoir class has got functions to save 658 00:24:26,820 --> 00:24:32,580 stuff into the index all you need to do 659 00:24:28,860 --> 00:24:35,280 is add the slash index 660 00:24:32,580 --> 00:24:37,740 command into the poem so we'll do that 661 00:24:35,280 --> 00:24:40,559 the the title The the poem environment 662 00:24:37,740 --> 00:24:42,720 has the title of the poem in in its 663 00:24:40,559 --> 00:24:44,460 argument so we'll just pass it in and 664 00:24:42,720 --> 00:24:46,559 then at the end we type printer next to 665 00:24:44,460 --> 00:24:47,880 print the index 666 00:24:46,559 --> 00:24:49,559 poems 667 00:24:47,880 --> 00:24:51,419 you need something different in the 668 00:24:49,559 --> 00:24:52,640 index and what the title is so we're 669 00:24:51,419 --> 00:24:55,679 going to add an extra 670 00:24:52,640 --> 00:24:57,720 optional argument at the beginning so it 671 00:24:55,679 --> 00:25:00,480 looks like this so the begin poem The 672 00:24:57,720 --> 00:25:02,340 Ides of March but we want either the 673 00:25:00,480 --> 00:25:03,419 March the in the thing that's pretty 674 00:25:02,340 --> 00:25:04,919 straightforward 675 00:25:03,419 --> 00:25:06,780 so this time we're going to make it 676 00:25:04,919 --> 00:25:08,820 three argument for the 677 00:25:06,780 --> 00:25:09,960 um from the poem environment with an 678 00:25:08,820 --> 00:25:12,720 optional first one which is normally 679 00:25:09,960 --> 00:25:15,419 empty we'll Define index item to be that 680 00:25:12,720 --> 00:25:17,039 first argument if it's empty then we'll 681 00:25:15,419 --> 00:25:19,440 use the second argument which is the 682 00:25:17,039 --> 00:25:20,760 title of the poem If it's full we'll use 683 00:25:19,440 --> 00:25:23,280 it for the index 684 00:25:20,760 --> 00:25:26,279 and then we'll use hash two in the uh 685 00:25:23,280 --> 00:25:28,440 in the actual type setting of the title 686 00:25:26,279 --> 00:25:29,760 so that's that done but when we come to 687 00:25:28,440 --> 00:25:30,900 print the index if I just use print 688 00:25:29,760 --> 00:25:32,039 index I get something that looks like 689 00:25:30,900 --> 00:25:34,620 this which looks nothing like the other 690 00:25:32,039 --> 00:25:37,200 pages of the book 691 00:25:34,620 --> 00:25:39,179 I can change the pales page style to 692 00:25:37,200 --> 00:25:41,400 rules like all the other ones and get 693 00:25:39,179 --> 00:25:43,320 the the line and the page number 694 00:25:41,400 --> 00:25:45,419 but it still doesn't look right 695 00:25:43,320 --> 00:25:48,299 and then I can you know do all this 696 00:25:45,419 --> 00:25:50,580 stuff to extra things to style a Pat I 697 00:25:48,299 --> 00:25:52,679 got fed up and just wrote my own 698 00:25:50,580 --> 00:25:55,340 um index style and at that point I get 699 00:25:52,679 --> 00:25:55,340 exactly what I want 700 00:25:55,500 --> 00:25:59,460 you'll notice that this little bit 701 00:25:56,880 --> 00:26:01,320 inside the index thing is exactly what 702 00:25:59,460 --> 00:26:02,880 we saw in the poem thing because it's 703 00:26:01,320 --> 00:26:05,400 essentially the same we want to move 704 00:26:02,880 --> 00:26:07,520 that index word right up the top and 705 00:26:05,400 --> 00:26:09,360 have a skip before the 706 00:26:07,520 --> 00:26:12,799 before the 707 00:26:09,360 --> 00:26:12,799 the the the content 708 00:26:13,020 --> 00:26:16,380 so the cover on the front matter this is 709 00:26:15,000 --> 00:26:18,240 what took me the most time trying to 710 00:26:16,380 --> 00:26:19,799 reproduce this 711 00:26:18,240 --> 00:26:22,860 um Dad did it in some kind of were 712 00:26:19,799 --> 00:26:24,600 Windows drawing package and I haven't 713 00:26:22,860 --> 00:26:25,860 got access to that 714 00:26:24,600 --> 00:26:27,179 so 715 00:26:25,860 --> 00:26:29,700 what I did was I measured I measures 716 00:26:27,179 --> 00:26:31,140 previous covers using a ruler I want the 717 00:26:29,700 --> 00:26:33,600 title page is the same as the coverage 718 00:26:31,140 --> 00:26:35,640 the back page is almost the same but 719 00:26:33,600 --> 00:26:37,559 it's got different content so if I can 720 00:26:35,640 --> 00:26:39,720 do something which will create that rule 721 00:26:37,559 --> 00:26:42,600 and give me something in the middle that 722 00:26:39,720 --> 00:26:45,179 I can put the content in that I've got 723 00:26:42,600 --> 00:26:47,460 the cover 724 00:26:45,179 --> 00:26:48,779 I've got the title page which is the 725 00:26:47,460 --> 00:26:50,820 same as the cover and I've got the back 726 00:26:48,779 --> 00:26:52,440 page all sorted so that's what I'm going 727 00:26:50,820 --> 00:26:54,299 to do 728 00:26:52,440 --> 00:26:57,419 I measured it 729 00:26:54,299 --> 00:26:59,279 and the first thing to do is create a 730 00:26:57,419 --> 00:27:02,460 box that goes to the width of the paper 731 00:26:59,279 --> 00:27:03,720 that paper width thing I saved right at 732 00:27:02,460 --> 00:27:07,500 the beginning 733 00:27:03,720 --> 00:27:08,940 and we're going to put it in a V box to 734 00:27:07,500 --> 00:27:10,380 zero point that's important because it 735 00:27:08,940 --> 00:27:12,299 means it doesn't take up any vertical 736 00:27:10,380 --> 00:27:13,200 space which means you can start at the 737 00:27:12,299 --> 00:27:16,799 top 738 00:27:13,200 --> 00:27:18,539 as opposed to nine millimeters down 739 00:27:16,799 --> 00:27:21,480 we'll start 740 00:27:18,539 --> 00:27:23,340 by skipping nine millimeters minus the 741 00:27:21,480 --> 00:27:26,220 upper margin now the upper margin is 742 00:27:23,340 --> 00:27:27,960 where the text box starts so if we go up 743 00:27:26,220 --> 00:27:29,100 we've out at the top then down by 744 00:27:27,960 --> 00:27:31,799 millimeters we're nine millimeters from 745 00:27:29,100 --> 00:27:33,539 the top so that's what we want 746 00:27:31,799 --> 00:27:34,620 we're going to give this cover page an 747 00:27:33,539 --> 00:27:35,279 argument to say whether it's on the 748 00:27:34,620 --> 00:27:36,720 front 749 00:27:35,279 --> 00:27:38,460 or the back 750 00:27:36,720 --> 00:27:39,960 because on the front we need to adjust 751 00:27:38,460 --> 00:27:42,419 the left margin which is the spine 752 00:27:39,960 --> 00:27:44,279 margin on the back we need to adjust 753 00:27:42,419 --> 00:27:46,200 that margin 754 00:27:44,279 --> 00:27:48,679 which is a different one 755 00:27:46,200 --> 00:27:48,679 so 756 00:27:49,020 --> 00:27:53,820 if we look at this bit 757 00:27:50,700 --> 00:27:55,980 we take 10 millimeters and subtract the 758 00:27:53,820 --> 00:27:59,460 spine margin to get 10 millimeters from 759 00:27:55,980 --> 00:28:01,200 the left on the um on the front page and 760 00:27:59,460 --> 00:28:02,700 on the other page we just go four 761 00:28:01,200 --> 00:28:04,860 millimeters in 762 00:28:02,700 --> 00:28:07,500 there 763 00:28:04,860 --> 00:28:10,320 and that gives us that and then we put 764 00:28:07,500 --> 00:28:12,299 the frame box in there it is and then we 765 00:28:10,320 --> 00:28:13,799 create a mini page and a mini page latex 766 00:28:12,299 --> 00:28:15,720 environment that you put any type 767 00:28:13,799 --> 00:28:18,779 setting you want in it 768 00:28:15,720 --> 00:28:21,059 we give that the size 120 22 millimeters 769 00:28:18,779 --> 00:28:23,100 across which is from there to there and 770 00:28:21,059 --> 00:28:24,720 184 millimeters down which is from there 771 00:28:23,100 --> 00:28:26,580 to there and we put the second argument 772 00:28:24,720 --> 00:28:28,679 inside which has got all the content for 773 00:28:26,580 --> 00:28:32,520 the picture and the title and everything 774 00:28:28,679 --> 00:28:34,440 else and then we've done it 775 00:28:32,520 --> 00:28:35,460 some individual poems did a bit of extra 776 00:28:34,440 --> 00:28:36,960 work 777 00:28:35,460 --> 00:28:38,460 this is a really good poem so I'm going 778 00:28:36,960 --> 00:28:40,140 to read it to you 779 00:28:38,460 --> 00:28:42,240 when I find it 780 00:28:40,140 --> 00:28:43,799 here we go 781 00:28:42,240 --> 00:28:45,480 um and you can see in this one you've 782 00:28:43,799 --> 00:28:46,679 got all these extra Q quads all over the 783 00:28:45,480 --> 00:28:48,179 place 784 00:28:46,679 --> 00:28:49,320 um when you type set it it looks like 785 00:28:48,179 --> 00:28:51,419 that 786 00:28:49,320 --> 00:28:53,159 and you can see it's all over the place 787 00:28:51,419 --> 00:28:54,059 here's how it goes It's called in plain 788 00:28:53,159 --> 00:28:58,200 language 789 00:28:54,059 --> 00:29:00,480 he asked me for a date the hide no way I 790 00:28:58,200 --> 00:29:04,740 thought I have to wash my hair I said 791 00:29:00,480 --> 00:29:07,020 another time he asked thus simpleton 792 00:29:04,740 --> 00:29:10,740 beneath my breath I muttered in your 793 00:29:07,020 --> 00:29:12,299 dreams the nerd no music in his soul I 794 00:29:10,740 --> 00:29:14,159 cannot come I said my granny is sick 795 00:29:12,299 --> 00:29:15,659 that should be plain enough of anyone 796 00:29:14,159 --> 00:29:17,520 however dumb 797 00:29:15,659 --> 00:29:19,919 today he called around with flowers 798 00:29:17,520 --> 00:29:23,279 nothing fancy daffodils and Gilly 799 00:29:19,919 --> 00:29:25,679 flowers not for me for granny and she 800 00:29:23,279 --> 00:29:27,299 raved she reads the sense of flowers as 801 00:29:25,679 --> 00:29:31,500 I the sense of words but wouldn't tell 802 00:29:27,299 --> 00:29:34,440 just govind a cream-filled Cheshire Cat 803 00:29:31,500 --> 00:29:36,480 and now he's got his date with Granny at 804 00:29:34,440 --> 00:29:39,000 the club they won't be back till one or 805 00:29:36,480 --> 00:29:42,480 two and I stay home and wash my hair it 806 00:29:39,000 --> 00:29:44,460 isn't fair it makes you sick 807 00:29:42,480 --> 00:29:46,740 yeah 808 00:29:44,460 --> 00:29:48,720 when you come to the page just after the 809 00:29:46,740 --> 00:29:49,980 title page the copyright page it's one 810 00:29:48,720 --> 00:29:51,419 of the most important pages of the book 811 00:29:49,980 --> 00:29:54,659 because this is where you assert the 812 00:29:51,419 --> 00:29:57,120 rights of everybody involved in the book 813 00:29:54,659 --> 00:29:59,340 the problem is there's at least four 814 00:29:57,120 --> 00:30:00,360 different copyrights in a poetry book at 815 00:29:59,340 --> 00:30:02,340 least 816 00:30:00,360 --> 00:30:04,080 the first one is the individual poems 817 00:30:02,340 --> 00:30:06,840 text the content that I just read out to 818 00:30:04,080 --> 00:30:09,779 for example that belongs to the author 819 00:30:06,840 --> 00:30:12,240 the poet for up to 70 years after that 820 00:30:09,779 --> 00:30:14,399 poet's death 821 00:30:12,240 --> 00:30:16,020 the next is the type setting that's all 822 00:30:14,399 --> 00:30:18,059 the work I've been putting it in that's 823 00:30:16,020 --> 00:30:19,980 going to last for 25 years from the date 824 00:30:18,059 --> 00:30:23,760 of publication so if you get an out of 825 00:30:19,980 --> 00:30:25,380 the out of copyright uh a book of out of 826 00:30:23,760 --> 00:30:27,360 copyright poems that was published 827 00:30:25,380 --> 00:30:28,260 recently you still can't just photocopy 828 00:30:27,360 --> 00:30:29,820 it 829 00:30:28,260 --> 00:30:31,200 the individual poems are out of 830 00:30:29,820 --> 00:30:32,820 copyright so you can retype set them 831 00:30:31,200 --> 00:30:33,899 somewhere else but you can't photocopy 832 00:30:32,820 --> 00:30:37,460 it 833 00:30:33,899 --> 00:30:40,980 The Collection as a whole is copyright 834 00:30:37,460 --> 00:30:43,860 so if you get a collection of out of 835 00:30:40,980 --> 00:30:46,860 copyright poems that's 836 00:30:43,860 --> 00:30:48,659 25 years old more the whole collection 837 00:30:46,860 --> 00:30:50,039 is probably still copyrighted to the 838 00:30:48,659 --> 00:30:52,020 editor if he's still alive or she's 839 00:30:50,039 --> 00:30:53,399 still alive and so you cannot be 840 00:30:52,020 --> 00:30:55,200 produced the entire book in the same 841 00:30:53,399 --> 00:30:56,760 order 842 00:30:55,200 --> 00:30:59,640 and finally 843 00:30:56,760 --> 00:31:01,980 the fonts and the pictures are used a 844 00:30:59,640 --> 00:31:03,779 copyright I use helvetica 845 00:31:01,980 --> 00:31:05,700 as the fonts to typesetting everything 846 00:31:03,779 --> 00:31:07,020 because there's a license for that with 847 00:31:05,700 --> 00:31:09,000 every PostScript printer that's ever 848 00:31:07,020 --> 00:31:10,919 been produced so when I give it to the 849 00:31:09,000 --> 00:31:12,899 coffee shop to print they've got a 850 00:31:10,919 --> 00:31:13,980 license to use helvetica to print the 851 00:31:12,899 --> 00:31:15,960 thing 852 00:31:13,980 --> 00:31:17,820 I could have used an open source light 853 00:31:15,960 --> 00:31:21,360 font but then I would have had to embed 854 00:31:17,820 --> 00:31:22,380 the font and it's unlikely that the copy 855 00:31:21,360 --> 00:31:24,779 of shop would actually print it 856 00:31:22,380 --> 00:31:27,419 correctly it's much better to use a 857 00:31:24,779 --> 00:31:29,100 standard font that's already available 858 00:31:27,419 --> 00:31:31,740 and pictures of course have their own 859 00:31:29,100 --> 00:31:33,899 copyright for 70 years from the date of 860 00:31:31,740 --> 00:31:36,059 the authors or of the painters or 861 00:31:33,899 --> 00:31:38,100 artists debt 862 00:31:36,059 --> 00:31:39,539 in Australia copyright is automatic it 863 00:31:38,100 --> 00:31:41,580 doesn't need a notice 864 00:31:39,539 --> 00:31:43,260 but from the point of view of people who 865 00:31:41,580 --> 00:31:45,120 are trying to work out whether a work is 866 00:31:43,260 --> 00:31:49,679 copyright or not what date it was 867 00:31:45,120 --> 00:31:52,140 copyrighted and where to ask for 868 00:31:49,679 --> 00:31:53,700 information about using the thing having 869 00:31:52,140 --> 00:31:55,500 the copyright in the book is really 870 00:31:53,700 --> 00:31:58,200 really important 871 00:31:55,500 --> 00:31:59,520 laws change from time to time if you're 872 00:31:58,200 --> 00:32:00,480 using other people's work you need to 873 00:31:59,520 --> 00:32:01,980 get permission 874 00:32:00,480 --> 00:32:03,000 and you need to assert your own 875 00:32:01,980 --> 00:32:05,220 copyright 876 00:32:03,000 --> 00:32:07,380 so let's look at this one 877 00:32:05,220 --> 00:32:09,600 first I've got this extra stuff at the 878 00:32:07,380 --> 00:32:11,399 notes at the top that shows where all 879 00:32:09,600 --> 00:32:13,799 the other poems were 880 00:32:11,399 --> 00:32:16,200 published before 881 00:32:13,799 --> 00:32:18,480 mum did not assign copyright to all 882 00:32:16,200 --> 00:32:20,640 these people for anything other than the 883 00:32:18,480 --> 00:32:22,500 particular work they were in so she 884 00:32:20,640 --> 00:32:23,460 retained copyright but it's still nice 885 00:32:22,500 --> 00:32:25,140 to acknowledge that they've been 886 00:32:23,460 --> 00:32:27,899 published somewhere else 887 00:32:25,140 --> 00:32:29,520 then you've got the additional work 888 00:32:27,899 --> 00:32:32,220 in this case the artwork and the photo 889 00:32:29,520 --> 00:32:34,440 on the back and finally you've got the 890 00:32:32,220 --> 00:32:35,700 copyright notice for the author and an 891 00:32:34,440 --> 00:32:38,120 address where that author can be 892 00:32:35,700 --> 00:32:38,120 contacted 893 00:32:38,820 --> 00:32:41,700 if you're going to have a real book it's 894 00:32:40,080 --> 00:32:44,700 got to have an ISBN 895 00:32:41,700 --> 00:32:46,440 you buy them from my identifiers.com.au 896 00:32:44,700 --> 00:32:49,919 it's cheaper to buy 10 at the time you 897 00:32:46,440 --> 00:32:51,539 can buy the book to the ISBN now and 898 00:32:49,919 --> 00:32:53,700 then use it in 10 years time if you want 899 00:32:51,539 --> 00:32:56,159 to so you can buy a batch and as you 900 00:32:53,700 --> 00:32:57,899 publish them fill in the details they 901 00:32:56,159 --> 00:32:59,640 serve to represent a particular edition 902 00:32:57,899 --> 00:33:01,740 of a particular book so if you're going 903 00:32:59,640 --> 00:33:04,980 to publish both in electronic and paper 904 00:33:01,740 --> 00:33:06,840 form you need two isbns 905 00:33:04,980 --> 00:33:09,000 the nice thing about those is they 906 00:33:06,840 --> 00:33:10,620 totally identify a book and they form 907 00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:12,480 the key that everybody in the world can 908 00:33:10,620 --> 00:33:13,860 use for your book 909 00:33:12,480 --> 00:33:15,539 the other thing is that the copyright 910 00:33:13,860 --> 00:33:17,100 acts in Australia says you've got to 911 00:33:15,539 --> 00:33:19,440 deposit a copy of your book with the 912 00:33:17,100 --> 00:33:21,840 National Library of Australia 913 00:33:19,440 --> 00:33:24,419 and in New South Wales you need to send 914 00:33:21,840 --> 00:33:26,700 a copy to the State Library there are 915 00:33:24,419 --> 00:33:28,320 two other deposit libraries University 916 00:33:26,700 --> 00:33:30,179 of Sydney library and the national and 917 00:33:28,320 --> 00:33:32,220 the state parliamentary library for 918 00:33:30,179 --> 00:33:34,019 those don't want all books but you need 919 00:33:32,220 --> 00:33:35,399 to offer it to them and if they say yes 920 00:33:34,019 --> 00:33:37,019 we want this you've got to send off a 921 00:33:35,399 --> 00:33:38,760 copy 922 00:33:37,019 --> 00:33:40,919 now that brings me to the end of my talk 923 00:33:38,760 --> 00:33:42,179 I do want to say that all poetry is 924 00:33:40,919 --> 00:33:44,460 copyright 925 00:33:42,179 --> 00:33:46,320 to Val Chubb that's my mum and was used 926 00:33:44,460 --> 00:33:47,220 but with her permission but that's the 927 00:33:46,320 --> 00:33:49,460 end of my talk have you got any 928 00:33:47,220 --> 00:33:49,460 questions 929 00:33:49,970 --> 00:33:54,069 [Applause] 930 00:33:55,679 --> 00:33:59,100 thank you Peter do we have any questions 931 00:33:57,360 --> 00:34:00,480 for Peter 932 00:33:59,100 --> 00:34:02,880 if you don't have any questions I can 933 00:34:00,480 --> 00:34:05,760 inflicts another poem on you 934 00:34:02,880 --> 00:34:07,919 would you like that okay before you can 935 00:34:05,760 --> 00:34:11,940 I ask a question yeah sure yeah 936 00:34:07,919 --> 00:34:14,040 so you you uh I take it that this is a 937 00:34:11,940 --> 00:34:15,080 a series and you've added a volume to 938 00:34:14,040 --> 00:34:19,139 this series 939 00:34:15,080 --> 00:34:23,159 these are the series yep right when my 940 00:34:19,139 --> 00:34:25,560 dad died mum posted a separate one which 941 00:34:23,159 --> 00:34:27,599 is sort of similar but different that is 942 00:34:25,560 --> 00:34:30,480 not in the series and this one's uh 943 00:34:27,599 --> 00:34:32,879 mostly fairly modeling poems about my 944 00:34:30,480 --> 00:34:34,260 dad and she doesn't sell this one she 945 00:34:32,879 --> 00:34:36,899 just gives it away 946 00:34:34,260 --> 00:34:39,780 so I you mentioned that your dad used uh 947 00:34:36,899 --> 00:34:42,240 basically like a wysiwyg editor yeah 948 00:34:39,780 --> 00:34:45,780 right and but you've you've gone with uh 949 00:34:42,240 --> 00:34:47,639 uh yeah and I was just interested in why 950 00:34:45,780 --> 00:34:50,460 you decided to go down that road because 951 00:34:47,639 --> 00:34:53,220 I know later I can use it I've used 952 00:34:50,460 --> 00:34:54,899 latex since Donald knuth bought out his 953 00:34:53,220 --> 00:34:56,820 Tech book and I was frustrated with 954 00:34:54,899 --> 00:34:58,740 tivoth 955 00:34:56,820 --> 00:35:00,060 right do you have you got any thoughts 956 00:34:58,740 --> 00:35:01,320 on the on the benefits of doing it one 957 00:35:00,060 --> 00:35:03,420 way or the other or is it just that you 958 00:35:01,320 --> 00:35:06,359 knew um the the big thing about using 959 00:35:03,420 --> 00:35:08,520 latex is you can set up the style and it 960 00:35:06,359 --> 00:35:11,160 works for everything and the next time 961 00:35:08,520 --> 00:35:12,720 I've got a book to do which mum's got 962 00:35:11,160 --> 00:35:14,700 another one on the thing I don't need to 963 00:35:12,720 --> 00:35:17,520 change anything it just works 964 00:35:14,700 --> 00:35:20,040 was with the wysiwyg thing you style a 965 00:35:17,520 --> 00:35:21,240 poem and it doesn't take on to the next 966 00:35:20,040 --> 00:35:22,020 poem or the next poem the next poem 967 00:35:21,240 --> 00:35:23,760 you've got to reach all of them 968 00:35:22,020 --> 00:35:25,260 individually and even if you set up a 969 00:35:23,760 --> 00:35:27,359 template the template never quite 970 00:35:25,260 --> 00:35:29,280 corresponds in the right places whereas 971 00:35:27,359 --> 00:35:30,359 with the latex it's just a programming 972 00:35:29,280 --> 00:35:32,960 language and you can program it to do 973 00:35:30,359 --> 00:35:32,960 whatever you need to 974 00:35:33,000 --> 00:35:37,260 uh well if there's no more questions uh 975 00:35:35,339 --> 00:35:39,000 Peter you're gonna get another poem in 976 00:35:37,260 --> 00:35:40,740 fact another two this one's called the 977 00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:42,300 elephant in the room and it's the last 978 00:35:40,740 --> 00:35:44,040 poem in the book because what mum did 979 00:35:42,300 --> 00:35:46,200 was she told me which poem needed to go 980 00:35:44,040 --> 00:35:47,520 first which one had to go at the page 981 00:35:46,200 --> 00:35:49,200 break in the middle when you open it up 982 00:35:47,520 --> 00:35:51,240 flat and which one had to go at the end 983 00:35:49,200 --> 00:35:53,460 and I organized the vest to fit in 984 00:35:51,240 --> 00:35:55,020 between those so this is the last poem 985 00:35:53,460 --> 00:35:56,280 and because it had a bit of space on the 986 00:35:55,020 --> 00:35:58,079 page I put an extra one in the end 987 00:35:56,280 --> 00:35:58,980 anyway this is the pun the elephant in 988 00:35:58,079 --> 00:36:01,560 the room 989 00:35:58,980 --> 00:36:03,660 three days before the world ended 990 00:36:01,560 --> 00:36:05,760 scientists debated whether greenhouse 991 00:36:03,660 --> 00:36:08,180 gas was a new phenomenon or had it 992 00:36:05,760 --> 00:36:10,500 possibly killed off the dinosaurs 993 00:36:08,180 --> 00:36:12,780 politicians legislated against global 994 00:36:10,500 --> 00:36:15,000 warming then returned to the interrupted 995 00:36:12,780 --> 00:36:17,099 Blame Game arguing about who what when 996 00:36:15,000 --> 00:36:19,740 and where but not encompassing the 997 00:36:17,099 --> 00:36:22,560 question of why and totally avoiding the 998 00:36:19,740 --> 00:36:24,960 problem of what to do next 999 00:36:22,560 --> 00:36:27,420 TV philosophers and TalkBack hosts 1000 00:36:24,960 --> 00:36:29,099 discussed interesting topics such as how 1001 00:36:27,420 --> 00:36:31,560 many multinationals could fit onto an 1002 00:36:29,099 --> 00:36:34,380 oil slick and would humans ultimately 1003 00:36:31,560 --> 00:36:36,540 develop guilds in order to survive once 1004 00:36:34,380 --> 00:36:39,420 ocean levels became critical 1005 00:36:36,540 --> 00:36:41,160 two days before the world ended members 1006 00:36:39,420 --> 00:36:43,140 of a cult in Middle America followed 1007 00:36:41,160 --> 00:36:45,000 their charismatic leader into the sea on 1008 00:36:43,140 --> 00:36:46,680 a quest to find Atlantis 1009 00:36:45,000 --> 00:36:48,839 they were never seen again 1010 00:36:46,680 --> 00:36:50,820 but popular opinion had it that they 1011 00:36:48,839 --> 00:36:54,000 were swallowed by a whale whose usual 1012 00:36:50,820 --> 00:36:56,520 food source had unaccountably banished 1013 00:36:54,000 --> 00:36:58,380 on the world's penultimate day media 1014 00:36:56,520 --> 00:37:00,960 Outlets ran Paul's on whether meteor 1015 00:36:58,380 --> 00:37:03,300 activity had increased significantly and 1016 00:37:00,960 --> 00:37:06,000 statisticians conducted an online survey 1017 00:37:03,300 --> 00:37:07,200 of sightings worldwide of the Loch Ness 1018 00:37:06,000 --> 00:37:09,480 Monster 1019 00:37:07,200 --> 00:37:12,000 Insurance salesmen lowered the premium 1020 00:37:09,480 --> 00:37:14,160 on sudden death and or unexpected loss 1021 00:37:12,000 --> 00:37:16,859 of life and took on new employees to 1022 00:37:14,160 --> 00:37:19,380 cope with the extra business 1023 00:37:16,859 --> 00:37:21,720 fairbit australia.com gave odds of seven 1024 00:37:19,380 --> 00:37:24,980 to one against the world's demise 1025 00:37:21,720 --> 00:37:24,980 on the last day 1026 00:37:28,980 --> 00:37:33,359 and the final poem I'm going to read you 1027 00:37:31,020 --> 00:37:36,240 I promise it's just called exit it's the 1028 00:37:33,359 --> 00:37:37,859 last poem in the book and 1029 00:37:36,240 --> 00:37:39,720 I'll read you the poem and then I'll 1030 00:37:37,859 --> 00:37:42,420 give you the context 1031 00:37:39,720 --> 00:37:44,579 in ones and twos and threes and fours 1032 00:37:42,420 --> 00:37:47,579 they all approach the sliding doors 1033 00:37:44,579 --> 00:37:51,300 some move slowly some quite first but 1034 00:37:47,579 --> 00:37:53,520 speech must go through the doors at last 1035 00:37:51,300 --> 00:37:54,780 now the context of that one I mean in in 1036 00:37:53,520 --> 00:37:55,859 the cons of the book it sounds like it's 1037 00:37:54,780 --> 00:37:57,960 the end of the world and everyone's got 1038 00:37:55,859 --> 00:38:01,440 to die right but in the context of the 1039 00:37:57,960 --> 00:38:02,940 of my mum's thinking she was sitting in 1040 00:38:01,440 --> 00:38:04,680 a in a shopping center waiting for my 1041 00:38:02,940 --> 00:38:06,540 sister and there were the other sliding 1042 00:38:04,680 --> 00:38:07,619 doors and she was just watching people 1043 00:38:06,540 --> 00:38:10,200 going out 1044 00:38:07,619 --> 00:38:11,820 that's all the boss 1045 00:38:10,200 --> 00:38:14,220 so there you go 1046 00:38:11,820 --> 00:38:17,220 very good thanks again Peter 1047 00:38:14,220 --> 00:38:17,220 foreign 1048 00:38:17,850 --> 00:38:20,989 [Applause]