Hi all, I have managed to create my poster, arranging stuff on the page using layers. But I have to admit that I have used hard-coded coordinates for all layers. (I used a metapost grid in the background for measuring and aligning in the draft version.) If anybody is interested, I can make the poster and the source available online after the conference. I don't want to be nerving, but to make things easier in the future, I would like to repeat my question: How to position layers relative to each other, not relative to a common coordinate origin? (So that you don't have to move subsequent layers if some box changes its height etc.) I have experimented a bit with the stuff in the 'positional graphics' chapter of the metafun manual, but didn't make it. So, thanks for hints and suggestions. Regards, -- Eckhart
Hi Eckhart, I believe that the most convenient way of making your work available would be to put the essentials into the Wiki: http://contextgarden.net/Context/show/HomePage I would say that just these newer features could profit from examples! Kind regards Willi Eckhart Guthöhrlein wrote:
Hi all,
I have managed to create my poster, arranging stuff on the page using layers. But I have to admit that I have used hard-coded coordinates for all layers. (I used a metapost grid in the background for measuring and aligning in the draft version.) If anybody is interested, I can make the poster and the source available online after the conference. I don't want to be nerving, but to make things easier in the future, I would like to repeat my question: How to position layers relative to each other, not relative to a common coordinate origin? (So that you don't have to move subsequent layers if some box changes its height etc.) I have experimented a bit with the stuff in the 'positional graphics' chapter of the metafun manual, but didn't make it. So, thanks for hints and suggestions.
Regards,
Hello Willi,
I believe that the most convenient way of making your work available would be to put the essentials into the Wiki:
I agree on this, but
is outdated :-) See signature for the link. BTW: I have installed yet another service at contextgarden.net, the source browser. you can use it like this: http://source.contextgarden.net/ -> browse directories http://source.contextgarden.net/tex/context/base/context.tex -> look at the file http://source.contextgarden.net/context.tex -> let the source browser find the file for you http://source.contextgarden.net/tex/context/base/core-pos.tex#setpositions or http://source.contextgarden.net/core-pos.tex#setpositions -> look at core-pos.tex and go to \def\setposition The last one should be handy for the texshow-web (api) Patrick -- ConTeXt wiki: http://contextgarden.net texshow-web: http://texshow.contextgarden.net List archive: http://archive.contextgarden.net garden news: http://news.contextgarden.net
Patrick Gundlach wrote:
BTW: I have installed yet another service at contextgarden.net, the source browser.
Nice. But I think the search should ignore the fmt files, they won't be displayed anyway. I'd also welcome an option not to search in *.tws nor *-scite.properties, I have not found a use for them yet. regards, Christopher Creutzig
Hello Christopher,
BTW: I have installed yet another service at contextgarden.net, the source browser.
Nice. But I think the search should ignore the fmt files, they won't be displayed anyway. I'd also welcome an option not to search in *.tws nor *-scite.properties, I have not found a use for them yet.
Good point. I exclude now *fmt, *mem, *properties, *tws. Thanks for the feedback, Patrick -- ConTeXt wiki: http://contextgarden.net texshow-web: http://texshow.contextgarden.net List archive: http://archive.contextgarden.net garden news: http://news.contextgarden.net
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