I have problems setting up the grid in question. I cannot seem to configure
the grid spacing properly, despite combing through the "details" manual.
Could you help me configure the grid?
On Wed, May 25, 2022 at 6:24 PM Stefan Nedeljkovic
Thank you very much Wolfgang, that solved the problem.
On Wed, May 25, 2022 at 4:01 PM Wolfgang Schuster < wolfgang.schuster.lists@gmail.com> wrote:
Stefan Nedeljkovic via ntg-context schrieb am 25.05.2022 um 13:35:
Dear list,
This is a follow-up question on my previous question about Jean-Luc Doumont and his grid layouts. This time I have concrete questions. I reverse engineered his slide (slide_grid_overlay.pdf). All his units are based on inches, because the inch is an integer multiple (72) of the TeX point. His base unit is 0.1in. I tried implementing the layout first, but the pdf dimensions do not match the ones I set up. For example the width should be 8 inches, but the pdf is over 11 inches wide. I wish to shut off all margins and similar things and only have a text area with an offset of 0.2in all around the page (see slide_grid_overlay.pdf). Here is my current attempt:
You have to use the \measured (with a trailing s) command when you need multiples of a measure value. When you use something like 2\measure{...} ConTeXt uses the "2" followed by the value of the measure, the following example demonstrates this in the second output.
%%%% begin example \definemeasure [point] [1pt]
\starttext
\startbuffer \tex{measure}: \measure{point}
\tex{measured}: \the\measured{point} \stopbuffer
\typebuffer \getbuffer
\startbuffer 2\tex{measure}: 2\measure{point}
2\tex{measured}: \the\dimexpr2\measured{point}\relax \stopbuffer
\typebuffer \getbuffer
\stoptext %%%% end example
Wolfgang