Problem with framed text.
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In several palces I want to set up framed text with a gray background and rounded corners. Here is my \setupframed description: \setupframed[ framecorner=round, frameradius=0.1, background=screen, backgroundscreen=0.70, backgroundcorner=round, backgroundradius=0.1, corner=round, radius=0.1 ] -------------------- And here is my first framed text: -------------------------- \startframedtext[middle] \centerline{A Vision Example} \QQ{[In the year 20xx], our company is internationally recognized as the premier supplier of [your food products]. We regularly exceed customer expectations by providing innovative and valuable [your food products] .} \stopframedtext ------------------------------------ The hangup seems to be the rounded corners. I am using texlive 2014. BTW the macro QQ is my shorthand for \quotation which is much to long IMO. But I am American and use double quotes a lot. \def\QQ#1{\quotation{#1}} That is not the problem. Everything works until I try to use rounded corners. The customer had them on the last edition of the book, probably done with MSWord (!) All answers appreciated. -- John Culleton Wexford Press
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On Feb 21, 2015, at 12:35 PM, John Culleton
wrote: In several palces I want to set up framed text with a gray background and rounded corners. Here is my \setupframed description:
\setupframed[ framecorner=round, frameradius=0.1, background=screen, backgroundscreen=0.70, backgroundcorner=round, backgroundradius=0.1, corner=round, radius=0.1 ]
There should be a comma after 0.1.
-------------------- And here is my first framed text: -------------------------- \startframedtext[middle] \centerline{A Vision Example} \QQ{[In the year 20xx], our company is internationally recognized as the premier supplier of [your food products]. We regularly exceed customer expectations by providing innovative and valuable [your food products] .} \stopframedtext ------------------------------------ The hangup seems to be the rounded corners. I am using texlive 2014.
BTW the macro QQ is my shorthand for \quotation which is much to long IMO. But I am American and use double quotes a lot. \def\QQ#1{\quotation{#1}} That is not the problem. Everything works until I try to use rounded corners. The customer had them on the last edition of the book, probably done with MSWord (!)
It is helpful if you post a complete MWE. Aditya
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On Sat, 21 Feb 2015 14:16:31 -0500
Aditya Mahajan
On Feb 21, 2015, at 12:35 PM, John Culleton
wrote: In several palces I want to set up framed text with a gray background and rounded corners. Here is my \setupframed description:
\setupframed[ framecorner=round, frameradius=0.1, background=screen, backgroundscreen=0.70, backgroundcorner=round, backgroundradius=0.1, corner=round, radius=0.1 ]
There should be a comma after 0.1.
With respect, I don't think so. Commas separate parameters. the last "0.1" is properly followed by a "]". -- John Culleton Wexford Press Free list of books for self-publishers: http://wexfordpress.net/shortlist.html Updated PDF e-book: "Create Book Covers with Scribus 1.4.5" coming soon at http://www.booklocker.com/!
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On 02/22/2015 01:55 PM, John Culleton wrote:
On Sat, 21 Feb 2015 14:16:31 -0500 Aditya Mahajan wrote:
[...] There should be a comma after 0.1.
With respect, I don't think so. Commas separate parameters. the last "0.1" is properly followed by a "]".
Hi John, this should work: \setupframed[framecorner=round, frameradius=0.1em, background=screen, backgroundscreen=0.70, backgroundcorner=round, backgroundradius=0.1em, corner=round, radius=0.1em] Radius, framedradius and backgroundradius expect dimensions as values, not mere numbers. BTW, having a sample that shows the problem increases the reply speed :-). I hope it helps, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk
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On Sun, 22 Feb 2015 15:57:48 +0100
Pablo Rodriguez
On 02/22/2015 01:55 PM, John Culleton wrote:
On Sat, 21 Feb 2015 14:16:31 -0500 Aditya Mahajan wrote:
[...] There should be a comma after 0.1.
With respect, I don't think so. Commas separate parameters. the last "0.1" is properly followed by a "]".
Hi John,
this should work:
\setupframed[framecorner=round, frameradius=0.1em, background=screen, backgroundscreen=0.70, backgroundcorner=round, backgroundradius=0.1em, corner=round, radius=0.1em]
Radius, framedradius and backgroundradius expect dimensions as values, not mere numbers.
BTW, having a sample that shows the problem increases the reply speed :-).
I hope it helps,
Pablo You had the cure.
I built a sample and then played with the em value. Lacking precise guidance I thought that the value was one of those 0 to 1 ranges. Not so. setting at 1.0 em gives me what I was looking for. The setting 0.1 em gave me rounding that was imperceptible without magnification. Here is my successful sample: ------------------------------------- \setupframed[framecorner=round, frameradius=1em, background=screen, backgroundscreen=0.70, backgroundcorner=round, backgroundradius=1em, corner=round, radius1em] \starttext Some text. \startframedtext[middle] \centerline{A Vision Example} In the year 20xx, our company is internationally recognized as the premier supplier of your food products. We regularly exceed customer expectations by providing innovative and valuable your food products. \stopframedtext Some more text \stoptext --------------------------------- John Culleton Wexford Press Free list of books for self-publishers: http://wexfordpress.net/shortlist.html Updated PDF e-book: "Create Book Covers with Scribus 1.4.5" coming soon at http://www.booklocker.com/!
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Am 22.02.2015 um 18:56 schrieb John Culleton
: On Sun, 22 Feb 2015 15:57:48 +0100 Pablo Rodriguez
mailto:oinos@gmx.es> wrote: On 02/22/2015 01:55 PM, John Culleton wrote:
On Sat, 21 Feb 2015 14:16:31 -0500 Aditya Mahajan wrote:
[...] There should be a comma after 0.1.
With respect, I don't think so. Commas separate parameters. the last "0.1" is properly followed by a "]".
Hi John,
this should work:
\setupframed[framecorner=round, frameradius=0.1em, background=screen, backgroundscreen=0.70, backgroundcorner=round, backgroundradius=0.1em, corner=round, radius=0.1em]
Radius, framedradius and backgroundradius expect dimensions as values, not mere numbers.
BTW, having a sample that shows the problem increases the reply speed :-).
I hope it helps,
Pablo You had the cure.
I built a sample and then played with the em value. Lacking precise guidance I thought that the value was one of those 0 to 1 ranges. Not so. setting at 1.0 em gives me what I was looking for. The setting 0.1 em gave me rounding that was imperceptible without magnification.
Here is my successful sample: ------------------------------------- \setupframed
Use \setupframedtext to change the layout of \startframedtext.
[framecorner=round, frameradius=1em,
The “frameradius” setting can be omitted because you set “radius”.
background=screen, backgroundscreen=0.70, backgroundcorner=round, backgroundradius=1em,
The “backgroundcorner” and “backgroundradius” settings can be omitted as well because you set “corner” and “radius”.
corner=round, radius1em]
Missing “=” between “radius” and “1em”. Wolfgang
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On Sun, 22 Feb 2015 12:56:05 -0500
John Culleton
On Sun, 22 Feb 2015 15:57:48 +0100 Pablo Rodriguez
wrote: On 02/22/2015 01:55 PM, John Culleton wrote:
On Sat, 21 Feb 2015 14:16:31 -0500 Aditya Mahajan wrote:
[...] There should be a comma after 0.1.
With respect, I don't think so. Commas separate parameters. the last "0.1" is properly followed by a "]".
Hi John,
this should work:
\setupframed[framecorner=round, frameradius=0.1em, background=screen, backgroundscreen=0.70, backgroundcorner=round, backgroundradius=0.1em, corner=round, radius=0.1em]
Radius, framedradius and backgroundradius expect dimensions as values, not mere numbers.
BTW, having a sample that shows the problem increases the reply speed :-).
I hope it helps,
Pablo You had the cure.
I put commands like the one under discussion in a separate file called "macros.tex" which is hte first file called in my standard "book.tex" top level file. For some reason it didn't work. So I copied it to just before my first text frame in the 'chapter01.tex' file. Then it worked for that frame and subsequent instances. Here is my book.tex file as used in my current project: \input variables.tex \input macros.tex \input fonts.tex \starttext %\showlayout \startfrontmatter \input half.tex \input title.tex \input contents.tex \stopfrontmatter \startbodymatter %\input sample3.tex \input body.tex \stopbodymatter \stoptext I will add more calls later for acknowledgements, appendices etc. all in separate subfiles. \body.tex is a subfile that calls the individual chapter subsubfiles. Variables.tex contains the definitions of title, subtitle, author, publisher, ISBN etc. John Culleton Wexford Press Free list of books for self-publishers: http://wexfordpress.net/shortlist.html Updated PDF e-book: "Create Book Covers with Scribus 1.4.5" coming soon at http://www.booklocker.com/!
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On Sun, 22 Feb 2015 07:55:45 -0500
John Culleton
There should be a comma after 0.1.
With respect, I don't think so. Commas separate parameters. the last "0.1" is properly followed by a "]".
In which case you need to use radius=0.1] (no newline) Alan -- Alan Braslau CEA DSM-IRAMIS-SPEC CNRS URA 2464 Orme des Merisiers 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette cedex FRANCE tel: +33 1 69 08 73 15 fax: +33 1 69 08 87 86 mailto:alan.braslau@cea.fr
participants (5)
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Aditya Mahajan
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Alan BRASLAU
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John Culleton
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Pablo Rodriguez
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Wolfgang Schuster