Fw: side-effects

Fw: side-effects

[Christopher Tipper]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hans Hagen" <pragma@wxs.nl>
To: "Christopher Tipper" <chris.tipper@e-conomist.fsnet.co.uk>
Sent: Sunday, November 26, 2000 10:05 PM
Subject: Re: side-effects

> At 04:45 PM 11/26/00 -0000, Christopher Tipper wrote:
> >Hi Hans,
> >
> >This is a stupid problem, but I find colors still have side-effects in
> layout. I was hoping to demonstrate this, but then I discover that
> \showmakeup has the same effect as all my color switches, so maybe a
> different problem.
> >
> >Basically I'm trying to make my CV look nice, a good job for Context. The
> constraint is that it has to appear on exactly two pages, so little room
> for side-effects...
> >
> >So attached is the example tex file. Try uncommenting the \showmakeup and
> watch the body "separate" from the header. I get the same effects with the
> color switches in my output cv-test-col.pdf. Any thoughts on what my
> mistake is?
> 
> \showmakup is a very dangerous thing, since it redefines low level tex
> primitives. Unless tex the program is changed there is no real
> compatibility in this so indeed some spacing can be messed up. If you want
> testing a another level, use \ruledhbox instead of \hbox, or \showboxes, or
> whatever. 
> 
> Actually, in your cv you reslly screw up spacing, i would go for (it
> probably shows a few tricks, go for \starttabulate instead of paragraphs).
> I didn't cc to the context list, since it is personal info, but it may be
> instructive for other users too, so i leave it up to you to post it. 
> 
> \setupoutput
>   [pdftex]
> 
> \setuppapersize
>   [A4][A4]
> 
> \setupbodyfont
>   [pos,sans,10pt]
> 
> \setupcolors
>   [state=start]
> 
> \setuplayout
>   [backspace=1.75cm,width=middle,
>    topspace=3cm,header=0cm,height=middle]
> 
> \definecolor [DkGreenBlue] [r=.1,g=.5,b=.8]
> \definecolor [MediumBlue]  [r=.2353,g=.6314,b=.91]
> 
> \definecolor [myheadings]  [DkGreenBlue]
> \definecolor [urlcolor]    [MediumBlue]
> 
> \setupinteraction
>   [state=start,
>    color=urlcolor,
>    style=]
> 
> \useURL
>   [myemail]
>   [mailto:chris.tipper@e-conomist.fsnet.co.uk]
>   []
>   [chris.tipper@e-conomist.fsnet.co.uk]
> 
> \useURL
>   [myhomepage]
>   [http://www.e-conomist.fsnet.co.uk/ctipper.htm]
>   []
>   [http://www.e-conomist.fsnet.co.uk/ctipper.htm]
> 
> \starttext
> \starttext
> 
> \startstandardmakeup
> 
> \midaligned{\bfd \myheadings CURRICULUM VITAE}
> 
> \blank[2*big]
> 
> \starttabulate[|Bl|l|i2Bl|l|]
> \NC Name           \EQ Christopher G. D. Tipper  \NC
>     NI Number      \EQ NX xx xx xx x             \NC \NR
> \NC Nationality    \EQ British Citizen           \NC
>     Marital Status \EQ xxxxxx                    \NC \NR
> \NC Home Address   \EQ xxxxxxxxx                 \NC
>     Telephone      \EQ (xxxxx) xxx xxx           \NC \NR
> \NC                \NC xxxxxxxx     \NC
>                    \NC                           \NC \NR
> \NC                \NC xx  xxxx xxxxxxx           \NC
>                    \NC                           \NC \NR
> \NC                \NC xxxxxxxxxx xxxx xxx       \NC
>                    \NC                           \NC \NR
> \NC                \NC United Kingdom.           \NC
>     E-mail         \EQ \from[myemail]            \NC \NR
> \NC Date of Birth  \NC xxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxx, 19xx \NC
>     Homepage       \EQ \from[myhomepage]         \NC \NR
> \stoptabulate
> 
> \vfill
> 
> \stopstandardmakeup
> 
> \stoptext
> 
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