Hello, I need some text with background, that can break across lines. But the background must not touch the background of the next line! \setupcolors[state=start] \starttext inframed does not allow linebreaks: \def\Bla{\inframed[background=color, backgroundcolor=gray, frame=off, offset=overlay, backgroundoffset=2pt, location=keep]{% FF FF XX XX XX XX XX XX SS CS CS}} \dorecurse{20}{bla \Bla\ bla} And textbackground does not allow to seperate the backgrounds of 2 lines: \definetextbackground[TG][backgroundcolor=gray, frame=off, offset=overlay, backgroundoffset=2pt] \def\Bla{\starttextbackground[TG]FF FF XX XX XX XX XX XX SS CS CS% \stoptextbackground} \dorecurse{20}{bla \Bla\ bla} \stoptext Could anybody help please? TIA for any hints! Cheer, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/
I, too, do not understand the \definetextbackground \starttextbackground \stoptextbackground commands, even though I tried looking at "details.pdf" (and core-pgr.tex). My particular problem is rather classic, that of illustrating examples, set off from the main text. I first used \defineframedtext [example] [width=fit,background=screen,backgroundscreen=0.7] \startexample ... \stopexample and this is appropriate if the example is short enough to fit on one page. However, a long example (many paragraphs) that spans more than one page runs off the bottom. Textbackground seems more appropriate, so I tried \definetextbackground [example] [location=paragraph,backgroundcolor=middlegray,frame=off] \definestartstop [example] [before={\starttextbackground[example]},after=\stoptextbackground] but this does not work. I tried other variants (such as adding state=start, ...) with no success. Does anyone have suggestions on where to look for further documentation or examples of use? Thanks.
Am 20.01.2009 um 23:51 schrieb Alan BRASLAU:
I, too, do not understand the \definetextbackground \starttextbackground \stoptextbackground commands, even though I tried looking at "details.pdf" (and core- pgr.tex). My particular problem is rather classic, that of illustrating examples, set off from the main text. I first used \defineframedtext [example] [width=fit,background=screen,backgroundscreen=0.7] \startexample ... \stopexample and this is appropriate if the example is short enough to fit on one page. However, a long example (many paragraphs) that spans more than one page runs off the bottom. Textbackground seems more appropriate, so I tried \definetextbackground [example] [location=paragraph,backgroundcolor=middlegray,frame=off] \definestartstop [example] [before={\starttextbackground[example]},after=\stoptextbackground] but this does not work. I tried other variants (such as adding state=start, ...) with no success. Does anyone have suggestions on where to look for further documentation or examples of use?
This works for me. \setupcolors[state=start] \definetextbackground [example] [location=paragraph, background=color, backgroundcolor=middlegray, frame=off] \starttext \input knuth \startexample \dorecurse{4}{\input knuth\par} \stopexample \input knuth \stoptext Wolfgang
______________________ -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl [mailto:ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl] Im Auftrag von Wolfgang Schuster Gesendet: Mittwoch, 21. Januar 2009 00:08 An: mailing list for ConTeXt users Betreff: Re: [NTG-context] backgrounds: help needed Am 20.01.2009 um 23:51 schrieb Alan BRASLAU:
I, too, do not understand the \definetextbackground \starttextbackground \stoptextbackground commands, even though I tried looking at "details.pdf" (and core- pgr.tex). My particular problem is rather classic, that of illustrating examples, set off from the main text. I first used \defineframedtext [example] [width=fit,background=screen,backgroundscreen=0.7] \startexample ... \stopexample and this is appropriate if the example is short enough to fit on one page. However, a long example (many paragraphs) that spans more than one page runs off the bottom. Textbackground seems more appropriate, so I tried \definetextbackground [example] [location=paragraph,backgroundcolor=middlegray,frame=off] \definestartstop [example] [before={\starttextbackground[example]},after=\stoptextbackground] but this does not work. I tried other variants (such as adding state=start, ...) with no success. Does anyone have suggestions on where to look for further documentation or examples of use?
This works for me. \setupcolors[state=start] \definetextbackground [example] [location=paragraph, background=color, backgroundcolor=middlegray, frame=off] \starttext \input knuth \startexample \dorecurse{4}{\input knuth\par} \stopexample \input knuth \stoptext Wolfgang For me this works only with context 2008-10-31. It doesn't work with the beta from 2008-01-18 (no background). Greetings Thomas ____________________________________________________________________________ _______ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ____________________________________________________________________________ _______
On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 9:50 AM, Thomas Floeren
This works for me.
\setupcolors[state=start]
\definetextbackground [example] [location=paragraph, background=color, backgroundcolor=middlegray, frame=off]
\starttext
\input knuth
\startexample \dorecurse{4}{\input knuth\par} \stopexample
\input knuth
\stoptext
Wolfgang
For me this works only with context 2008-10-31.
It doesn't work with the beta from 2008-01-18 (no background).
MkII or MkIV? Can you try "texexec --make metafun --standalone". Wolfgang
-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: Wolfgang Schuster [mailto:schuster.wolfgang@googlemail.com]
Gesendet: Dienstag, 27. Januar 2009 10:12
An: thomas.floeren@boschung.com; mailing list for ConTeXt users
Betreff: Re: [NTG-context] backgrounds: help needed
On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 9:50 AM, Thomas Floeren
This works for me.
\setupcolors[state=start]
\definetextbackground [example] [location=paragraph, background=color, backgroundcolor=middlegray, frame=off]
\starttext
\input knuth
\startexample \dorecurse{4}{\input knuth\par} \stopexample
\input knuth
\stoptext
Wolfgang
For me this works only with context 2008-10-31.
It doesn't work with the beta from 2008-01-18 (no background).
MkII or MkIV? Can you try "texexec --make metafun --standalone". Wolfgang MkII. I just reinstalled the october version; everything ok. btw: It seems that it still worked fine with a context-beta from 2008-12-01. Thomas
yes, 2009 of course; thanks. Thomas -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Aditya Mahajan [mailto:adityam@umich.edu] Gesendet: Dienstag, 27. Januar 2009 14:57 An: thomas.floeren@boschung.com; mailing list for ConTeXt users Betreff: Re: [NTG-context] backgrounds: help needed On Tue, 27 Jan 2009, Thomas Floeren wrote:
For me this works only with context 2008-10-31.
It doesn't work with the beta from 2008-01-18 (no background).
Do you mean 2009-01-18? Aditya
On Tuesday 27 January 2009 15:08:29 Thomas Floeren wrote:
yes, 2009 of course;
On Tue, 27 Jan 2009, Thomas Floeren wrote:
For me this works only with context 2008-10-31.
It doesn't work with the beta from 2008-01-18 (no background).
Do you mean 2009-01-18?
Aditya
The example works correctly with ConTeXt ver: 2009.01.18 14:39 MKIV fmt: 2009.1.25 int: english/english as well as with MKII Alan
-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Alan BRASLAU [mailto:alan.braslau@cea.fr] Gesendet: Dienstag, 27. Januar 2009 17:04 An: ntg-context@ntg.nl Cc: thomas.floeren@boschung.com; 'Aditya Mahajan' Betreff: Re: [NTG-context] backgrounds: help needed On Tuesday 27 January 2009 15:08:29 Thomas Floeren wrote:
yes, 2009 of course;
On Tue, 27 Jan 2009, Thomas Floeren wrote:
For me this works only with context 2008-10-31.
It doesn't work with the beta from 2008-01-18 (no background).
Do you mean 2009-01-18?
Aditya
The example works correctly with ConTeXt ver: 2009.01.18 14:39 MKIV fmt: 2009.1.25 int: english/english as well as with MKII Alan Thanks for your answer. I installed the 2009-01-18 yesterday at home on my mac. Everything works fine! Now I re-reinstalled the 2009-01-18 on the windows machine at work, and I get the same result as before: no gray background. I even did the "texexec --make metafun --standalone" from Wolfgang, but still no background. I noticed that on the win system the <filename>-mpgraph.4000 etc. and -mpgraph.keep files don't appear at all; they do appear of course with 2008-10-31. Appearently these are holding the code for the background. Any ideas? Thanks in advance Thomas
-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl [mailto:ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl] Im Auftrag von Thomas Floeren Gesendet: Mittwoch, 28. Januar 2009 08:14 An: 'Alan BRASLAU'; ntg-context@ntg.nl Betreff: Re: [NTG-context] backgrounds: help needed -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Alan BRASLAU [mailto:alan.braslau@cea.fr] Gesendet: Dienstag, 27. Januar 2009 17:04 An: ntg-context@ntg.nl Cc: thomas.floeren@boschung.com; 'Aditya Mahajan' Betreff: Re: [NTG-context] backgrounds: help needed On Tuesday 27 January 2009 15:08:29 Thomas Floeren wrote:
yes, 2009 of course;
On Tue, 27 Jan 2009, Thomas Floeren wrote:
For me this works only with context 2008-10-31.
It doesn't work with the beta from 2008-01-18 (no background).
Do you mean 2009-01-18?
Aditya
The example works correctly with ConTeXt ver: 2009.01.18 14:39 MKIV fmt: 2009.1.25 int: english/english as well as with MKII Alan Thanks for your answer. I installed the 2009-01-18 yesterday at home on my mac. Everything works fine! Now I re-reinstalled the 2009-01-18 on the windows machine at work, and I get the same result as before: no gray background. I even did the "texexec --make metafun --standalone" from Wolfgang, but still no background. I noticed that on the win system the <filename>-mpgraph.4000 etc. and -mpgraph.keep files don't appear at all; they do appear of course with 2008-10-31. Appearently these are holding the code for the background. Any ideas? Thanks in advance Thomas Finally I've found the problem. In the cont-sys files from 2009-01-18 the following two lines are enabled: \runMPgraphicstrue \runMPTEXgraphicstrue (in 2008-10-31 they are still outcommented) But to make this work on windows a few additional steps were necessary: 1. texexec --make --alone metafun (as Wolfgang already mentioned) 2. copy the new metafun.mem from \Documents and Settings\username\.texlive2008\texmf-var\web2c\ to the 'normal' texmf directory (\texlive\2008\texmf-var\web2c\metapost). 3. Enable write18 in the texmf.cnf 4. remake the formats Greetings Thomas ____________________________________________________________________________ _______ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ____________________________________________________________________________ _______
I am still a bit confused about textbackgrounds. So I created a wiki page http://wiki.contextgarden.net/TextBackground (in order to try to confuse others!) I have two questions: 1. The live conTeXt of the wiki does not show the background, whereas the code works using the context minimals. Why? 2. Setting background=screen as opposed to background=color,backgroundcolor=middlegray doesn't work (live & minimals). Why? Can anyone help here? Beyond details.pdf, I have not found many explanations. Thanks
Am 25.01.2009 um 19:23 schrieb Alan BRASLAU:
I am still a bit confused about textbackgrounds. So I created a wiki page http://wiki.contextgarden.net/TextBackground (in order to try to confuse others!) I have two questions:
2. Setting background=screen as opposed to background=color,backgroundcolor=middlegray doesn't work (live & minimals). Why? Can anyone help here? Beyond details.pdf, I have not found many explanations.
Not supported in textbackground, it works only for framed and framedtext. Wolfgang
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