Help needed with slide grid layout
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Dear list, This is a follow-up question on my previous question about Jean-Luc Doumont and his grid layouts. This time I have concrete questions. I reverse engineered his slide (slide_grid_overlay.pdf). All his units are based on inches, because the inch is an integer multiple (72) of the TeX point. His base unit is 0.1in. I tried implementing the layout first, but the pdf dimensions do not match the ones I set up. For example the width should be 8 inches, but the pdf is over 11 inches wide. I wish to shut off all margins and similar things and only have a text area with an offset of 0.2in all around the page (see slide_grid_overlay.pdf). Here is my current attempt: %\input fonts \definemeasure[base][0.1in] \definemeasure[zero][0in] \definepapersize[slide][width=80\measure{base},height=60\measure{base}] \setuppapersize[slide] \setuplayout[ leftedge=\measure{zero}, rightedge=\measure{zero}, leftedgedistance=\measure{zero}, rightedgedistance=\measure{zero}, leftmargin=\measure{zero}, rightmargin=\measure{zero}, leftmargindistance=\measure{zero}, rightmargindistance=\measure{zero}, width=middle, cutspace=2\measure{base}, backspace=2\measure{base}, topspace=2\measure{base}, header=\measure{zero}, height=middle, bottomspace=2\measure{base}, footer=\measure{zero}] %\usetypescript[ibmplex][uc] %\setupbodyfont[ibmplex,rm,9pt] \starttext \showlayout \stoptext Link to files: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1KpYbDlukvSCirKkFvJICOX3wABl_83bW?usp... Kind regards, Stefan
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Stefan Nedeljkovic via ntg-context schrieb am 25.05.2022 um 13:35:
Dear list,
This is a follow-up question on my previous question about Jean-Luc Doumont and his grid layouts. This time I have concrete questions. I reverse engineered his slide (slide_grid_overlay.pdf). All his units are based on inches, because the inch is an integer multiple (72) of the TeX point. His base unit is 0.1in. I tried implementing the layout first, but the pdf dimensions do not match the ones I set up. For example the width should be 8 inches, but the pdf is over 11 inches wide. I wish to shut off all margins and similar things and only have a text area with an offset of 0.2in all around the page (see slide_grid_overlay.pdf). Here is my current attempt:
You have to use the \measured (with a trailing s) command when you need multiples of a measure value. When you use something like 2\measure{...} ConTeXt uses the "2" followed by the value of the measure, the following example demonstrates this in the second output. %%%% begin example \definemeasure [point] [1pt] \starttext \startbuffer \tex{measure}: \measure{point} \tex{measured}: \the\measured{point} \stopbuffer \typebuffer \getbuffer \startbuffer 2\tex{measure}: 2\measure{point} 2\tex{measured}: \the\dimexpr2\measured{point}\relax \stopbuffer \typebuffer \getbuffer \stoptext %%%% end example Wolfgang
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Thank you very much Wolfgang, that solved the problem. On Wed, May 25, 2022 at 4:01 PM Wolfgang Schuster < wolfgang.schuster.lists@gmail.com> wrote:
Stefan Nedeljkovic via ntg-context schrieb am 25.05.2022 um 13:35:
Dear list,
This is a follow-up question on my previous question about Jean-Luc Doumont and his grid layouts. This time I have concrete questions. I reverse engineered his slide (slide_grid_overlay.pdf). All his units are based on inches, because the inch is an integer multiple (72) of the TeX point. His base unit is 0.1in. I tried implementing the layout first, but the pdf dimensions do not match the ones I set up. For example the width should be 8 inches, but the pdf is over 11 inches wide. I wish to shut off all margins and similar things and only have a text area with an offset of 0.2in all around the page (see slide_grid_overlay.pdf). Here is my current attempt:
You have to use the \measured (with a trailing s) command when you need multiples of a measure value. When you use something like 2\measure{...} ConTeXt uses the "2" followed by the value of the measure, the following example demonstrates this in the second output.
%%%% begin example \definemeasure [point] [1pt]
\starttext
\startbuffer \tex{measure}: \measure{point}
\tex{measured}: \the\measured{point} \stopbuffer
\typebuffer \getbuffer
\startbuffer 2\tex{measure}: 2\measure{point}
2\tex{measured}: \the\dimexpr2\measured{point}\relax \stopbuffer
\typebuffer \getbuffer
\stoptext %%%% end example
Wolfgang
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I have problems setting up the grid in question. I cannot seem to configure
the grid spacing properly, despite combing through the "details" manual.
Could you help me configure the grid?
On Wed, May 25, 2022 at 6:24 PM Stefan Nedeljkovic
Thank you very much Wolfgang, that solved the problem.
On Wed, May 25, 2022 at 4:01 PM Wolfgang Schuster < wolfgang.schuster.lists@gmail.com> wrote:
Stefan Nedeljkovic via ntg-context schrieb am 25.05.2022 um 13:35:
Dear list,
This is a follow-up question on my previous question about Jean-Luc Doumont and his grid layouts. This time I have concrete questions. I reverse engineered his slide (slide_grid_overlay.pdf). All his units are based on inches, because the inch is an integer multiple (72) of the TeX point. His base unit is 0.1in. I tried implementing the layout first, but the pdf dimensions do not match the ones I set up. For example the width should be 8 inches, but the pdf is over 11 inches wide. I wish to shut off all margins and similar things and only have a text area with an offset of 0.2in all around the page (see slide_grid_overlay.pdf). Here is my current attempt:
You have to use the \measured (with a trailing s) command when you need multiples of a measure value. When you use something like 2\measure{...} ConTeXt uses the "2" followed by the value of the measure, the following example demonstrates this in the second output.
%%%% begin example \definemeasure [point] [1pt]
\starttext
\startbuffer \tex{measure}: \measure{point}
\tex{measured}: \the\measured{point} \stopbuffer
\typebuffer \getbuffer
\startbuffer 2\tex{measure}: 2\measure{point}
2\tex{measured}: \the\dimexpr2\measured{point}\relax \stopbuffer
\typebuffer \getbuffer
\stoptext %%%% end example
Wolfgang
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