Re: [NTG-context] Re: color band

Patrick Gundlach wrote:

Idris S Hamid writes:

Hello Idris,

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But what about overlays over color. They still don't work:

There are two problems here. First, say background={color,backgr} with setupbackgrounds. But this won't help ;-) since the setupbackground is sometimes a bit strange (see below).

I bet the leftedge is 0pt (test with showmakeup or my t-layout module, say \ShowModule[showmore=1]) so you won't be able to see anything colored.

I don't get this. My background image comes out at the center of the page; why doesn't the color follow suit? Anyway, \defineoverlay[backgr][{\externalfigure[elements2.eps]}] \setupbackgrounds[text][leftmargin][background={color,backgr}, backgroundcolor=green] still gives me no overlayed color.

When you use \setupbackgrounds[page]... you access the whole page (!). Not just any margin or textarea. So there you probably need some metapost hacking (easy) in order to get your green side. See the metafun manual or my page.pdf.

I don't know metapost (yet, its on my to-learn list); is there something I can do to get this solved in the meantime? Sincere Thnx to all for their help Idris