How to prepare a template for list of names in ConTeXt
Hi all, I have an ambitious plan to start (again) to use ConTeXt (MkIV, of course;)), so that I can learn it a bit; also, I'd like to play around with metapost/metafun (after a long break - I'm a metapost to tikz convert;)). I want to prepare a template for a list of names, looking like this (in ascii art;)): List of names Class ________ Date ____ A-F M-R ____ ____ ____ ____ G-L S-Z ____ ____ ____ ____ (Of course, there will be more horizontal lines). In other words, I'd like to have two columns (and a title spanning them) and a lot of places to put down a name. I'd like each horizontal line to have a little "hook" and one of the ends, i.e., a quarter of a circle. I'd like to have full control over the positioning (margins, width of the intercolumn space, height of each place for a name etc.). I'd like the labels like A-F to be also "underlined" by similar "hooked lines". How do you think I should do it? More specifically: 1. How can I do something like "metapost macro" putting a "left or right hooked horizontal line, of given length/width/color, at a specific place"? 2. How can I instruct ConTeXt to put things where I want them? In plain TeX or LaTeX, I'd use a bunch of boxes, vskips etc; what is the "ConTeXt way"? Thanks in advance! -- Marcin Borkowski
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Marcin Borkowski