Dear list, I'm trying to find the command (in manual, wiki or mailing list) that enables using background behind text spanning over multiple pages. At the moment I have \startframedtext [width=\textwidth, background=color, backgroundcolor=mycolor1, frame=off, leftframe=on, framecolor=mycolor2] but I remember that there used to be a command that allowed doing the same, but spanning the text over multiple pages. I would be grateful for any hint/pointer to the manual. I've found a document that does underlining of words in paragraphs, but this seems like an easier problem anyway. Thank you very much, Mojca
On Mon, 30 Aug 2010, Mojca Miklavec wrote:
Dear list,
I'm trying to find the command (in manual, wiki or mailing list) that enables using background behind text spanning over multiple pages.
Hey, you are getting rusty :-)
At the moment I have
\startframedtext [width=\textwidth, background=color, backgroundcolor=mycolor1, frame=off, leftframe=on, framecolor=mycolor2]
but I remember that there used to be a command that allowed doing the same, but spanning the text over multiple pages.
backgrounds and textbackgrounds. IIRC, they are documented in the details manual. Aditya
On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 19:23, Aditya Mahajan wrote:
On Mon, 30 Aug 2010, Mojca Miklavec wrote:
I'm trying to find the command (in manual, wiki or mailing list) that enables using background behind text spanning over multiple pages.
Hey, you are getting rusty :-)
I am. In past I used to spend much longer solving ConTeXt-related issues than writing reports which turned out to be a very bad strategy for the sake of writing speed. On top of that, I didn't manage to follow the MKIV development anywhere closely ... and this is definitely one of areas where much more is possible in MKIV than it used to be possible in MKII. If I spend too much time solving ConTeXt-related issues this week, I will run out of time and won't be able to go to the ConTeXt conference ... :) :) :) I don't want to repeat the history this month.
At the moment I have
\startframedtext [width=\textwidth, background=color, backgroundcolor=mycolor1, frame=off, leftframe=on, framecolor=mycolor2]
but I remember that there used to be a command that allowed doing the same, but spanning the text over multiple pages.
backgrounds and textbackgrounds. IIRC, they are documented in the details manual.
Oh, sure, thanks a lot. However ... \definetextbackground doesn't seem to support leftframe=on. That means that I need to use metapost to draw it ... (or just continue searching) ... or even better ... ignore my idea to draw the left frame and just continue writing ... Thanks, Mojca
On Mon, 30 Aug 2010, Mojca Miklavec wrote:
On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 19:23, Aditya Mahajan wrote:
On Mon, 30 Aug 2010, Mojca Miklavec wrote:
I'm trying to find the command (in manual, wiki or mailing list) that enables using background behind text spanning over multiple pages.
Hey, you are getting rusty :-)
I am. In past I used to spend much longer solving ConTeXt-related issues than writing reports which turned out to be a very bad strategy for the sake of writing speed. On top of that, I didn't manage to follow the MKIV development anywhere closely ... and this is definitely one of areas where much more is possible in MKIV than it used to be possible in MKII.
I will believe that you are writing something when I see your thesis :-) I have heard rumours that it exists.
At the moment I have
\startframedtext [width=\textwidth, background=color, backgroundcolor=mycolor1, frame=off, leftframe=on, framecolor=mycolor2]
but I remember that there used to be a command that allowed doing the same, but spanning the text over multiple pages.
backgrounds and textbackgrounds. IIRC, they are documented in the details manual.
Oh, sure, thanks a lot. However ... \definetextbackground doesn't seem to support leftframe=on. That means that I need to use metapost to draw it ... (or just continue searching) ... or even better ... ignore my idea to draw the left frame and just continue writing ...
Drawing a left frame using a metapost shouldn't be too hard. draw leftboundary OverlayBox withpen pencircle scaled 1bp withcolor red ; (or something like that). Aditya
On 30-8-2010 8:11, Aditya Mahajan wrote:
On Mon, 30 Aug 2010, Mojca Miklavec wrote:
On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 19:23, Aditya Mahajan wrote:
On Mon, 30 Aug 2010, Mojca Miklavec wrote:
I'm trying to find the command (in manual, wiki or mailing list) that enables using background behind text spanning over multiple pages.
Hey, you are getting rusty :-)
I am. In past I used to spend much longer solving ConTeXt-related issues than writing reports which turned out to be a very bad strategy for the sake of writing speed. On top of that, I didn't manage to follow the MKIV development anywhere closely ... and this is definitely one of areas where much more is possible in MKIV than it used to be possible in MKII.
I will believe that you are writing something when I see your thesis :-) I have heard rumours that it exists.
We expect her to take a copy to the conference. At least we need to check if she used tex at all. Or maybe it was just excessive use of \fakewords and \fakeformula after page 10. Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | voip: 087 875 68 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------
On 30-8-2010 7:42, Mojca Miklavec wrote:
On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 19:23, Aditya Mahajan wrote:
On Mon, 30 Aug 2010, Mojca Miklavec wrote:
I'm trying to find the command (in manual, wiki or mailing list) that enables using background behind text spanning over multiple pages.
Hey, you are getting rusty :-)
I am. In past I used to spend much longer solving ConTeXt-related issues than writing reports which turned out to be a very bad strategy for the sake of writing speed. On top of that, I didn't manage to follow the MKIV development anywhere closely ... and this is definitely one of areas where much more is possible in MKIV than it used to be possible in MKII.
hey, these textbackgrounds have been in mkii for a long time ... actually I must see if I can make them better in mkiv Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | voip: 087 875 68 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------
On 30-8-2010 7:23, Aditya Mahajan wrote:
On Mon, 30 Aug 2010, Mojca Miklavec wrote:
Dear list,
I'm trying to find the command (in manual, wiki or mailing list) that enables using background behind text spanning over multiple pages.
Hey, you are getting rusty :-)
imagine how more better mkiv would have been if Mojca had been using it ... Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | voip: 087 875 68 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------
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