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Making posters with ConTeXT
by Jorge Manuel de Almeida Magalhães 24 May '06

24 May '06

Hi I am trying to making a scientifique poster in Context. I need some suggestions, foreground an example, to start. Somebody has a nice example to share? What is the correct scales for the fonts? Have a nice day/night Thanks to all Jorge

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tabulation spacing
by andrea valle 24 May '06

24 May '06

Evidently I'm missing something. {\switchtobodyfont[14pt] \starttabulate \NR \NC {\bf FRAME} \NC {\bf 1} \NC {\bf 2} \NC {\bf 3} \NC $\ldots$ \NC\NR \NC bin: 1 \NC freqval 1 \NC freqval 2 \NC freqval 3 \NC $\ldots$\NC\NR \NC \NC ampval 1 \NC ampval 2 \NC ampval 3 \NC $\ldots$\NC\NR \NC bin: 2 \NC freqval 1 \NC freqval 2 \NC freqval 3 \NC $\ldots$\NC\NR \NC \NC ampval 1 \NC ampval 2 \NC ampval 3 \NC $\ldots$\NC\NR \NC bin: 512 \NC freqval 1 \NC freqval 2 \NC freqval 3 \NC $\ldots$\NC\NR \NC \NC ampval 1 \NC ampval 2 \NC ampval 3 \NC $\ldots$\NC\NR \NR \stoptabulate } This seems to work, but I have a strange spacing between the first two columns and the last three ones. Could anyone explain to me why? Thanks a lot Best -a- Andrea Valle DAMS - Facoltà di Scienze della Formazione Università degli Studi di Torino http://www.semiotiche.it/andrea andrea.valle(a)unito.it

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Re: [NTG-context] Controlling figure placement?
by Ehrt, Michael 24 May '06

24 May '06

Hi there, this is the only thing I could come up with, using manual page breaks and not using an area at all: Before \starttext, do \setupbackgrounds[page][background=pagegraphics] \definelayer[pagegraphics][x=0cm,y=0cm,width=\paperwidth,height=\paperheight] \useexternalfigure[pdf01][01-x3.pdf][scale=1000] Within the columnset, at the appropriate place do \page %if necessary, manual spacing adjustment on the last line of the prev. Page \setupheader[state=empty] \setupfooter[state=empty] \setlayer[pagegraphics][x=0mm, y=0mm]{\externalfigure[pdf01]} ~\page This is more or less ugly, since I have to break pages manually and maybe need to adjust spacing on the page before the image. But I'm used to it, that's the way I did it in LaTeX when I used the multicols package. I just thought there must be a more elegant solution within Context. I did try to place the background in the columnsetarea (which worked), but in there never got rid of the headers. Does anyone know if it's possible? Hans maybe? Because that would be the one thing I need. If it's not possible I'll just keep doing the LaTeX thing in Context, and have the advantage of column spans for introduction text as a bonus... Michael > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: ntg-context-bounces(a)ntg.nl > [mailto:ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl] Im Auftrag von Ehrt, Michael > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 24. Mai 2006 09:54 > An: mailing list for ConTeXt users > Betreff: Re: [NTG-context] Controlling figure placement? > > Hi again, > > > Is there a way that gives more control over figure > placement within a > > columnset area? What I'd like to do is: > > > > - have a columnset area that covers a whole page > > - if possible, leave out headers and footers on that page > (don't know > > how) > > - place an external figure on that page which is the same > size as the > > whole page, 210 by 297mm. > > > > What I tried so far is: > > > > \definecolumnset[test][n=3,distance=15pt] > > \definecolumnsetspan[intro][n=2] > > \definecolumnsetarea[one][fixed][x=1,y=1,nx=3,ny=46,page=3,sta > > te=start] > > \definecolumnsetarea[two][fixed][x=1,y=1,nx=3,ny=46,page=5,sta > > te=start] > > \setupcolumnsetareatext[one][\setups{mypdf}] > > \setupcolumnsetareatext[two][\setups{myjpg}] > > \startsetups[mypdf]\externalfigure[01-x3.pdf]\stopsetups > > \startsetups[myjpg]\externalfigure[01.jpg]\stopsetups > > > I managed to clear headers and footers by using > > \setupcolumnsetareatext[one][{\page[no,blank]\setups{mypdf}}] > \setupcolumnsetareatext[two][{\page[no,blank]\setups{myjpg}}] > > But this has the problem that it clears ALL headers and footers on > subsequent pages. Trying to clear them using > \setupheader[text][state=empty] here didn't work. What I > actually looked > for was something like > > \adaptlayout[3,5][command={\setupheader[text][state=empty]\set > upfooter[t > ext][state=empty]}] > > But this doesn't exist. Also, changing the layout width is > not possible > with adaptlayout, which might fix the left-right-positioning... > > Does anyone know how to do it? > > Cheers > > Michael > _______________________________________________ > ntg-context mailing list > ntg-context(a)ntg.nl > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context >

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Re: [NTG-context] Controlling figure placement?
by Ehrt, Michael 24 May '06

24 May '06

Hi again, > Is there a way that gives more control over figure placement within a > columnset area? What I'd like to do is: > > - have a columnset area that covers a whole page > - if possible, leave out headers and footers on that page (don't know > how) > - place an external figure on that page which is the same size as the > whole page, 210 by 297mm. > > What I tried so far is: > > \definecolumnset[test][n=3,distance=15pt] > \definecolumnsetspan[intro][n=2] > \definecolumnsetarea[one][fixed][x=1,y=1,nx=3,ny=46,page=3,sta > te=start] > \definecolumnsetarea[two][fixed][x=1,y=1,nx=3,ny=46,page=5,sta > te=start] > \setupcolumnsetareatext[one][\setups{mypdf}] > \setupcolumnsetareatext[two][\setups{myjpg}] > \startsetups[mypdf]\externalfigure[01-x3.pdf]\stopsetups > \startsetups[myjpg]\externalfigure[01.jpg]\stopsetups I managed to clear headers and footers by using \setupcolumnsetareatext[one][{\page[no,blank]\setups{mypdf}}] \setupcolumnsetareatext[two][{\page[no,blank]\setups{myjpg}}] But this has the problem that it clears ALL headers and footers on subsequent pages. Trying to clear them using \setupheader[text][state=empty] here didn't work. What I actually looked for was something like \adaptlayout[3,5][command={\setupheader[text][state=empty]\setupfooter[t ext][state=empty]}] But this doesn't exist. Also, changing the layout width is not possible with adaptlayout, which might fix the left-right-positioning... Does anyone know how to do it? Cheers Michael

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Framedtext left/right offset?
by Ehrt, Michael 24 May '06

24 May '06

Hi, Is there a way to have \startcolumnsetspan[intro] \startframedtext[frame=off,bottomframe=on,topframe=on,offset=1ex] \it Some introduction text here \stopframedtext \stopcolumnsetspan without the offset to the left and right? There's no frame drawn to the left and right so I don't want the offset there. Since I couldn't find a way to get rid of the offset I'm currently using \startcolumnsetspan[intro] \hrule\vskip1ex \it \input knuth \vskip1ex\hrule\crlf \stopcolumnsetspan I know that the use of \vskip is not recommended (according to the manual), but this is the only way I found... Cheers Michael

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Controlling figure placement?
by Ehrt, Michael 24 May '06

24 May '06

Hi everyone, Is there a way that gives more control over figure placement within a columnset area? What I'd like to do is: - have a columnset area that covers a whole page - if possible, leave out headers and footers on that page (don't know how) - place an external figure on that page which is the same size as the whole page, 210 by 297mm. What I tried so far is: \definecolumnset[test][n=3,distance=15pt] \definecolumnsetspan[intro][n=2] \definecolumnsetarea[one][fixed][x=1,y=1,nx=3,ny=46,page=3,state=start] \definecolumnsetarea[two][fixed][x=1,y=1,nx=3,ny=46,page=5,state=start] \setupcolumnsetareatext[one][\setups{mypdf}] \setupcolumnsetareatext[two][\setups{myjpg}] \startsetups[mypdf]\externalfigure[01-x3.pdf]\stopsetups \startsetups[myjpg]\externalfigure[01.jpg]\stopsetups The pdf is placed on page 3, left aligned at the text body, top aligned at the text body. Both is not what I want in this case. The jpg is placed on page 5, vertically centered which is ok, left aligned at the text body which is also not what I want. Headers and footers are not a problem this time, since the figure obscures them. But in the past I've had images slightly smaller than the text body, in which case I'd like to wipe out headers and footers on that particular page... Any ideas anyone? Cheers Michael

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\to broken in figure captions
by Sanjoy Mahajan 23 May '06

23 May '06

A workaround: \starttext \def\myto{\to} \placefigure[abc]{ABC $n\myto1$.}{} \input tufte \stoptext

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figure directory is sort of searched
by Sanjoy Mahajan 23 May '06

23 May '06

The figure searching code gets confused if a file of the same basename (but in a different directory) has already been loaded. Here is a minimal min.tex to show what I mean: \starttext \setupexternalfigures[directory={1}] \placefigure[here][ch1fig]{should be 1/fig-1.pdf}{\externalfigure[fig-1.pdf]} \setupexternalfigures[directory={2}] \placefigure[here][ch2fig1]{should be 2/fig-1.pdf}{\externalfigure[fig-1.pdf]} \placefigure[here][ch2fig2]{should be 2/fig-2.pdf}{\externalfigure[fig-2.pdf]} \stoptext Probably it's a silly idea to use \setupexternalfigures within the body, but the same problem happens when using components (where each component's preamble has a similar line), where it makes more sense. Here is the directory structure (all the files are attached as a .tgz): min.tex 1/fig-1.pdf 2/fig-1.pdf 2/fig-2.pdf The final (third) figure is correctly found as 2/fig-2.pdf. But the second figure is reused from 1/fig-1.pdf because another fig-1.pdf has already been found: as 1/fig-1.pdf. Here is the relevant bit from the texexec output: <./1/fig-1.pdf> figures : dimensions of 1/fig-1.pdf loaded from figurefile itself (./min.tuo) (/home/sanjoy/texmf/tex/context/base/pdfr-ec.tex) floatblocks : 1 placed figures : figureobject fig-1.pdf is reused <===== The problem?? floatblocks : 2 placed <./2/fig-2.pdf> figures : dimensions of 2/fig-2.pdf loaded from figurefile itself floatblocks : 3 placed One part of ConTeXt does know the right figure path. A \getfiguredimensions[fig-1.pdf] after the second \placefigure will trigger a kpathsea search for 2/fig-1.pdf, which it finds. But it still loads 1/fig-1.pdf, which is why I've said 'sort of searched' in the subject line. -Sanjoy

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texmfstart?
by Hans van der Meer 23 May '06

23 May '06

Since installing the last ConTeXt update I am aware of the message from texexec: warning : use 'texmfstart texexec' instead Good, I call: "texmfstart texexec --version" instead of "texexec --version" Result: -bash: texmfstart: command not found Is my system suddenly incomplete? I am using Mac OS X 10.4.6, the most recent development I would think. What happened and how can I get to the level of system support ConTeXt seems to expect of me? Hans van der Meer

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texmfstart texexec --pdf --pages=1:2 => empty PDF
by Tobias Burnus 23 May '06

23 May '06

Hello, I freshly switched to the ruby script and have now a problem: texmfstart texexec --pdf --pages=1:2 produces: No pages of output. texmfstart texexec --pdf however, works: Output written on tmp_.pdf (3 pages, 103204 bytes) Tobias

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