From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/40727 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Wolfgang Schuster" Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Tables in headers Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 08:16:14 +0200 Message-ID: <115224fb0804272316r333163aena199c9171e74e1a1@mail.gmail.com> References: <99c4e1a80804272306x728c318fp40c88b7590bedf9a@mail.gmail.com> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1209363489 4435 80.91.229.12 (28 Apr 2008 06:18:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 06:18:09 +0000 (UTC) To: "mailing list for ConTeXt users" Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Mon Apr 28 08:18:45 2008 connect(): Connection refused Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JqMhJ-0002f1-Ci for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Mon, 28 Apr 2008 08:18:45 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09B5A1FB5B; Mon, 28 Apr 2008 08:18:02 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 16074-08; Mon, 28 Apr 2008 08:17:25 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5EFC01FB49; Mon, 28 Apr 2008 08:17:01 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id B627A1FB14 for ; Mon, 28 Apr 2008 08:16:59 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 16287-07-2 for ; Mon, 28 Apr 2008 08:16:21 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from yw-out-1718.google.com (yw-out-1718.google.com [74.125.46.152]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 03D8E1FC01 for ; Mon, 28 Apr 2008 08:16:19 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: by yw-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id 5so425551ywm.74 for ; Sun, 27 Apr 2008 23:16:14 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.150.52.2 with SMTP id z2mr3348093ybz.49.1209363374484; Sun, 27 Apr 2008 23:16:14 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.151.113.9 with HTTP; Sun, 27 Apr 2008 23:16:14 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <99c4e1a80804272306x728c318fp40c88b7590bedf9a@mail.gmail.com> Content-Disposition: inline X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:40727 Archived-At: Hi Stefan, On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 8:06 AM, Stefan Larsson wrote: > First post on this list... > > I have been using LaTeX for several large projects during the last 10 years > and just recently tried to switch to ConTeXt due to the claim of easier > handling of custom page layout. So far it is an enjoyable experience... > > I would need to customize my page headers with a custom table (like LaTeX's > tabular environment) instead of just changing the text in the left and right > corners. From the quick browsing I have been doing of documentation and > articles at contextgarden this feature called "layers" might be what I am > looking for. But before trying to grasp this feature I would like to ask any > experienced ConTeXt user for the recommended approach to achieve what I am > trying to do... > > So, to conclude: "How do I customize my page header to contain a table > instead of the predefined style?" can you give us a example of the header do you want to get, tables are not best solution and they will couse troubles in a few cases. We could try to find a better solution if possible. Greetings Wolfgang ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 ___________________________________________________________________________________