Am 02.02.2011 um 18:12 schrieb Ian Lawrence:
Evening all:
Has anyone got a nicer \speechbubble definition up their sleeve?
Here is not-nice one, so you know the floor:
\define [1] \speechBubble {\blank \framed [width=.6\textwidth ,autowidth=force,align={flushleft}, background=color, backgroundcolor=darkblue, foreground=color, foregroundcolor=white, frame=off,corner=0,backgroundoffset=5pt,] {#1} ~~~ \tfd \startcolor[darkblue]{'} \stopcolor \tfa \blank}
Called with things like:
\speechBubble {They could be above or below the frequency we can hear, so called infra-sound or ultra-sound, or the amplitude could be just too small: so not enough power in the radiating pathway for the detector to respond.}
I guess there are some people with xs metapost skills out there... But is there as simple way to get a nice curved pointer left or right from the bottom of that rounded rectangle frame?
\startuseMPgraphic{speechbubble} z1 = (0,0) ; z2 = (OverlayWidth,0) ; z3 = (OverlayWidth,OverlayHeight) ; z4 = (0,OverlayHeight) ; 1/2[x1,x2] = x8 + 2cm = x7 + 1cm = x9 - 1cm ; y7 = y9 = 0cm ; y8 = -2cm ; path p ; p = z1--z7--z8--z9--z2--z3--z4--cycle ; fill p withcolor blue ; draw p withpen pencircle scaled 5 ; setbounds currentpicture to OverlayBox ; \stopuseMPgraphic \defineoverlay[speechbubble][\useMPgraphic{speechbubble}] \starttext \framedtext[frame=off,background=speechbubble]{\input ward } \blank[4cm] \framedtext[frame=off,background=speechbubble,width=6cm]{\input ward } \stoptext Wolfgang