Hi all, In a book on construction engineering I found two kind of tables that presumably could be set very nicely in ConTeXt (see attachments). Set with MetaPost within natural tables? 1) Curly braces that span over cells: Their height should be depending to the cell's height (nr=2 oder nr=3). http://werksatz.com/attachments/braces.jpg 2) Arrows that are pointing from one cell to an other (middle or border of cell), http://werksatz.com/attachments/arrows.jpg To me this looks like standard purpose, that most like is already pre-defined somewhere in Metapost/MetaFun/ConTeXt (MkII please!) ... Is there any MetaPost guru out there that knows these cases? Thank you, Steffen
On 11-4-2010 3:25, Steffen Wolfrum wrote:
Hi all,
In a book on construction engineering I found two kind of tables that presumably could be set very nicely in ConTeXt (see attachments). Set with MetaPost within natural tables?
1) Curly braces that span over cells: Their height should be depending to the cell's height (nr=2 oder nr=3). http://werksatz.com/attachments/braces.jpg
2) Arrows that are pointing from one cell to an other (middle or border of cell), http://werksatz.com/attachments/arrows.jpg
To me this looks like standard purpose, that most like is already pre-defined somewhere in Metapost/MetaFun/ConTeXt (MkII please!) ...
Is there any MetaPost guru out there that knows these cases?
use textbackgrounds ... instead of drawing lines you then do a textext that does a \left{ in math alongside a vbox that has the height of the lefgt boundary etc etc ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------
Am 11.04.2010 um 17:51 schrieb Hans Hagen:
On 11-4-2010 3:25, Steffen Wolfrum wrote:
Hi all,
In a book on construction engineering I found two kind of tables that presumably could be set very nicely in ConTeXt (see attachments). Set with MetaPost within natural tables?
1) Curly braces that span over cells: Their height should be depending to the cell's height (nr=2 oder nr=3). http://werksatz.com/attachments/braces.jpg
2) Arrows that are pointing from one cell to an other (middle or border of cell), http://werksatz.com/attachments/arrows.jpg
To me this looks like standard purpose, that most like is already pre-defined somewhere in Metapost/MetaFun/ConTeXt (MkII please!) ...
Is there any MetaPost guru out there that knows these cases?
use textbackgrounds ... instead of drawing lines you then do a textext that does a \left{ in math alongside a vbox that has the height of the lefgt boundary etc etc
Thank you Hans! I can imagine that this fits on the first example. Do you also have an idea on the second case, the arrows from one table cell to another? (Does it has to be so complex as in metafun manual, page 140: "5.2 Anchors and layers"??) Steffen
On 11-4-2010 6:10, Steffen Wolfrum wrote:
Thank you Hans! I can imagine that this fits on the first example.
Do you also have an idea on the second case, the arrows from one table cell to another? (Does it has to be so complex as in metafun manual, page 140: "5.2 Anchors and layers"??)
positional graphics as mentioned in the metafun manual ... connecting points with arrows ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------
Am 11.04.2010 um 18:31 schrieb Hans Hagen:
On 11-4-2010 6:10, Steffen Wolfrum wrote:
Thank you Hans! I can imagine that this fits on the first example.
Do you also have an idea on the second case, the arrows from one table cell to another? (Does it has to be so complex as in metafun manual, page 140: "5.2 Anchors and layers"??)
positional graphics as mentioned in the metafun manual ... connecting points with arrows
This is exactly the chapter I meant / feared of ... "We already warned the reader: this is not an easy chapter." (Hans Hagen 2002) ;o) Nevertheless I'll try my best. Just, even trying to run that example from the manual gives an error (MkII): ! The paths don't intersect. <to be read again> ; intersectionpoint->...The paths don't intersect"); origin.else:0.5[point.x_.o... <to be read again> ) l.148 ...= pab cutafter (pab intersectionpoint pb) ; pickup pencircle scaled... ? Steffen
use textbackgrounds ... instead of drawing lines you then do a textext that does a \left{ in math alongside a vbox that has the height of the lefgt boundary etc etc
That would be really interesting for a project I'm working on (a songbook). I thought textbackgrounds could only put a color behind the text. Could you give an example of putting such a brace next to an arbitrary number of lines, please? Thank you in advance, Vianney
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