Hi, I'm new to this list and have quite a lot of questions. (Questions of course I can not answer after reading the contributions to the list.) I'll start with three of them in individual threads. Its funny that the ability to set gridfitting text, is often characterized as something that belongs in the domain of wordprocessors or DTP programs. For me it is an essential feature of typesetting since my publisher demands it---for good reasons: When printing on thin paper (paperback) one would see the lines of the backside of the paper inbetween the lines of its frontside---destroying a good contrast of the text. Beside of its general structure the announced ability to set to grid (dt.: Registerhaltig) is one of reasons for me to get into Context. But after a while of testing I'm not sure whether Context does what I want it to do. Here are my expectations. If you got something like this: normaltext text text text text text text text text texttext text text texttext texttext texttext texttext texttext text ---in 9dd, line: 10dd text text text texttext texttext texttext texttext text text texttext texttext texttext texttext texttext text \startcitation smalltext text text texttext texttext texttext texttext text text text text texttext texttext texttext texttext text ---text in 8dd, line: 9dd text texttext texttext texttext texttext texttext text \stopcitation normaltext text text texttext texttext texttext texttext text text texttext texttext texttext texttext texttext text ---in 9dd line 10dd text texttext texttext texttext texttext texttext text... we are loosing the grid because of the smaller lineskip in citation. I would like to modify the definition of citation (and other stuff, that causes deviations from the grid (headings)) in a way that the following text will adjust to the grit again. Is that possible? As far as I can see "\moveongrid" does not work in cases like the given example. Thanks in advance Matthias Vogel
At 14:55 14/06/2003 +0200, Matthias Vogel wrote:
normaltext text text text text text text text text texttext text text texttext texttext texttext texttext texttext text ---in 9dd, line: 10dd text text text texttext texttext texttext texttext text text texttext texttext texttext texttext texttext text
\startcitation
smalltext text text texttext texttext texttext texttext text text text text texttext texttext texttext texttext text ---text in 8dd, line: 9dd text texttext texttext texttext texttext texttext text
\stopcitation
normaltext text text texttext texttext texttext texttext text text texttext texttext texttext texttext texttext text ---in 9dd line 10dd text texttext texttext texttext texttext texttext text...
we are loosing the grid because of the smaller lineskip in citation. I would like to modify the definition of citation (and other stuff, that causes deviations from the grid (headings)) in a way that the following text will adjust to the grit again. Is that possible? As far as I can see "\moveongrid" does not work in cases like the given example.
ah ... grid and automated typesetting ... only to be used by those who are aware of the problems -) one wat of dealing with this is: \snaptogrid\vbox\bgroup your smaller text \egroup but this does not break across pages. One way out is the following (put the macro defs in your local cont-new.tex) \unprotect \newcounter\currentgridsync \def\gridsynctag{grs:\currentgridsync} \def\synchronizegrid {\doglobal\increment\currentgridsync \par\prevdepth\zeropoint \nointerlineskip \hpos\gridsynctag{\strut}\par \vskip-\lineheight \nointerlineskip % top of text \scratchdimen\MPy{\v!tekst:\MPp\gridsynctag}% \advance\scratchdimen\MPh{\v!tekst:\MPp\gridsynctag}% % move to first baseline \advance\scratchdimen-\topskip % subtract wrong baseline \advance\scratchdimen-\MPy\gridsynctag % get minimal number of lines \advance\scratchdimen\lineheight \getnoflines\scratchdimen % calculate difference \advance\scratchdimen-\noflines\lineheight\relax \scratchdimen-\scratchdimen \ifdim\scratchdimen>\zeropoint \nointerlineskip \advance\scratchdimen-\lineheight \vskip\scratchdimen \strut \par \fi} \protect % test \setuplayout[grid=yes,lines=42] \showgrid \showstruts \starttext \input tufte \snaptogrid\vbox{\switchtobodyfont[small] \input tufte \par} \input tufte {\switchtobodyfont[small] \input tufte \par} \synchronizegrid \input tufte \stoptext beware: this is tricky and if it starts oscillating, try to force page breaks here and there Hans ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE | pragma@wxs.nl Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: +31 (0)38 477 53 69 | fax: +31 (0)38 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- information: http://www.pragma-ade.com/roadmap.pdf documentation: http://www.pragma-ade.com/showcase.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------
On Sunday, June 15, 2003, at 10:40 PM, Hans Hagen wrote:
ah ... grid and automated typesetting ... only to be used by those who are aware of the problems -)
one wat of dealing with this is: [snip]
I guess I was asking for trouble when deciding to typeset on a grid ;-) I noticed that my bibliography is not set on the grid; the first item is on the grid, but the distance between the items is smaller than the grid would dictate. I tried to include the macro detailed in the previous post, but I guess I didn't know where to put it. Ideas? Maarten
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