[NTG-context] Re: Error using \starttextbackground. (LONG)

10 Apr 2003

      John Culleton  writes:
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I feel we have rounded the bend and are galloping for finish line :-)
:)
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I did as Giuseppe suggested, deleted the files from .../context,
left the .../context/base directory intact. Now the error message
goes away but the background does not appear. I also added the
\setupcolors[state=start] as suggested for my \framedtext example.
Let us first try a simple background, then we go to columnsets:

% output=pdf
\mainlanguage[de]
\setupcolors[state=start]

\definetextbackground[wichtig]
        [backgroundcolor=lightgray,
         location=paragraph,
         frame=off,
         backgroundoffset=5pt,
         ]
\starttext

\starttextbackground[wichtig]
\input tufte         
\stoptextbackground
\stoptext

Or a somewhat more complicated one:

% output=pdf
\mainlanguage[de]
\setupcolors[state=start]
\definetextbackground[wichtig][]
\startuseMPgraphic{mpos:par:columnset}
   for i := 1 upto nofmultipars :
    linear_shade(multipars[i] enlarged 5pt cornered 20pt,1,
                  \MPcolor{middlegreen},\MPcolor{lightgreen}); 
   endfor ;
\stopuseMPgraphic
\starttext
\starttextbackground[wichtig]
\input tufte         
\stoptextbackground
\stoptext

Do they come out right?
...
### simple group (level 1) entered at line 23 ({)
### bottom level
[...]
...
\stoptextbackground
\stopcolumnset
...
\page[new]
\stoptext
Patrick

[NTG-context] Re: Error using \starttextbackground. (LONG)

Patrick Gundlach