25 May
2006
25 May
'06
10:02 p.m.
Many thanks for sharing your env file. I'm trying to use that making
some projects and components files. But every-time I run texexec I
found a error message. For fixing that I will need to include the files
vz-cont.tex and vg05-general.
Did you can provide me some complete example of your work?
thanks a lot
Jorge
Em 25/05/2006, às 9:47, Vit Zyka escreveu:
> Dear ConTeXters,
>
> surprisingly, in this e-mail you will find any bug report! It is a
> summary of my experience with typesetting of a little complex book
> layout. I have finnished it during a one year long winning battle.
> Thank
> to everybody who helped, especially of course to Hans.
>
> Thank you very much!
>
> ------------------
>
> Next text can show, what is in present ConTeXt (or a bit older one)
> possible and what is still problematic.
>
> Firstly, let us show some examples:
> - transparency frames
> ftp://cmp.felk.cvut.cz/pub/cmp/users/zyka/vg-ex/vg05-ex-body1.pdf
> - two columnsets + marginals + figures + balancing
> ftp://cmp.felk.cvut.cz/pub/cmp/users/zyka/vg-ex/vg05-ex-body2.pdf
> - two columnsets + page float
> ftp://cmp.felk.cvut.cz/pub/cmp/users/zyka/vg-ex/vg05-ex-body3.pdf
> - three columnsets + floats
> ftp://cmp.felk.cvut.cz/pub/cmp/users/zyka/vg-ex/vg05-ex-encyk.pdf
> - content
> ftp://cmp.felk.cvut.cz/pub/cmp/users/zyka/vg-ex/vg05-ex-content.pdf
> - index
> ftp://cmp.felk.cvut.cz/pub/cmp/users/zyka/vg-ex/vg05-ex-index.pdf
>
> Legend for comming comments:
> + pros
> - cons
> ? dreaming about new feature
> ! attention
> = my (perhaps suboptimal) solution
> * note
>
> Comments:
>> grid
> + very powerfull and working support
> + works gracefully with columnsets and floats
> * avoiding orphans and widows was done manually by:
> = enlarging/decreasing figures
> = adding/removing (half)blank lines around heads
> ? if we want to do avoiding orphans and widows automatically,
> we would probably need the glue with DISCRETE STEP of
> stretch/shrink.
> Then we can say e.g.
> \let\bl=\baselineskip
> \setuphead
> [section]
> [before=\vskip1\bl plus1\bl withstep1\bl]
> to get vertical space before section head exactly 1 OR 2
> \baselineskip height.
> Another solution with stepwise box:
> \vbox to2\bl plus2\bl withstep1\bl{\vfil heading \vfil}
> ! the only problem was in the table of contents + columns;
> from the first line there was a small shift between columns;
> perhaps \splittopskip? but setting it to large enough value
> does not solve it.
>
>> columnsets
> + very nice feature, really;
> after Hans improvement seems that some floats soes not dissappered
> now, but need to be carefull
> + floats insertion with specifying place
> ? for top float: automatically setting \placeongrid[{broad,high}]
> for bottom float \placeongrid[{broad,low}]
> to be vertically align with text on the rest of column(s)
> * balancing: only manually by setting:
> \setupcolumnsetlines[columnset_id][columnset_page][column][line]
> ! Not so painful if it not occures next: If there are many
> floats near balancing place they sometimes disappear or cause ignoring
> balancing - even if they can fit on the place.
> ? understand that automatical balancing with floats is extremly
> difficult
> * page floats: big improvements during the work.
> ! running marginal text continue through the page with only float
> = so you have to manually insert blank vertical margin on such
> place
> * header & footers: Hans did a new column marking:
> \getmarking[marking_id][column][last/first].
> ! There are some problems [perhaps with expansion (different
> counter number and text)] if marking goes between two columnsets
> (framed
> chapters cross two cols in examples).
> = found acceptable hack but need more ivestigation on small
> examples for cleaning.
>
>> metapost inclusion
> + the most powerful, smooth and stable part of ConTeXt in my opinion
> (see random frames, circles with transparent graphics, lines with color
> shading)
> = if you have many (over 1024!) shadings (-> MP specials) do
> \settrue \manyMPspecials
>
>> index (register)
> + nice possibility to differentiate several groups (here 8 from
> which
> 4 have different visual marking of page number, see index example)
> - sorting: until this spring there was no satisfied backround for
> Czech sorting in newtexutil.rb till this spring.
> = I did dirty reimplementation of old texutil.pl for doing so
> * I have to have a look for new sorting now.
> - coupling: page numbers with group preserving (see example)
> = also in texutil.pl reimplementation
>
>> regime
> * my great discovery was that the regime IS
> \enableregime{latin2} % correct
> and NOT
> \enableregime{il2} % incorrect!
>
>> pseudo-small caps
> = http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Pseudo_Small_Caps
>
>> ...
>
> I provide the environment files (design definition) in case of
> somebody's interest. But suddenly they are very very very dirty.
> Partially due to my unsufficient ConTeXt knowledge, partially due to my
> despair during trying many ways to solve some problem, partially due to
> putting pathes to old ConTeXt (it was fresh of course when the work
> begins), ...:
> ftp://cmp.felk.cvut.cz/pub/cmp/users/zyka/vg-ex/vg05-env.tex (core)
> ftp://cmp.felk.cvut.cz/pub/cmp/users/zyka/vg-ex/vg05-mark.tex
> (markup)
>
> Best
> Vit
>
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Abraços,
Jorge Manuel de Almeida Magalhães