My layout changed with new PTXprint version

Question

Earlier this year a new version of PTXprint undid my "finished" layout settings. Now I see an option on the Advanced page: "Lock XeTeX layout level". Its tooltip points to another option, "Maximum layout version", shown below. It looks like this would allow me to update PTXprint but avoid losing my layout work on an almost finished publication. But I can't figure out how to set it. I've tried searching in GitHub but I'm not code-savvy enough to figure it out. Can you help, please?

Answer 1

Hi Kim,

To set "Maximum layout version" in version 3.0.1, please refer to this link :  How to set Maximum layout version 

Hope that helps. 

Answer 2

In order to limit the effects of the changes we make to the ptxprint macros and thus to the layout, we have instituted a mechanism of versioning the layout macros (in effect). How successful we are in that remains to be seen. Setting the layout version to 0 says to use the current version, which doesn't help much. The current version is 6. So if that is causing you problems, try 5 or even earlier. As I say, we can't guarantee nothing will change, but we do try.

Comments

When version 3.0 was released, we cautioned people from upgrading while mid-stream in typesetting. This is because we ALSO changed some underlying Stylesheet defaults (above and below spacing for \s, \r, default indents for the \q markers, etc.). This might also affect your typesetting job if you *haven't* changed these values from their original values. [Interestingly/fortunately, if you had set your OWN values for these changed markers in an earlier version, then these settings will be preserved as they overwrite the underlying defaults. But if you haven't then things *are* likely to change; so you might prefer to return to 2.9.9 or earlier.]