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[77.7.81.215]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id t9sm12415895eeo.11.2013.05.22.13.15.49 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Wed, 22 May 2013 13:15:49 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <519B0850.6050703@mmnetz.de> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1503) X-Bayes-Prob: 0.0001 (Score 0, tokens from: @@RPTN) X-CanIt-Geo: ip=2a00:1450:4013:c01::235; country=IE X-CanItPRO-Stream: uu:ntg-context@ntg.nl (inherits from uu:default, base:default) X-Canit-Stats-ID: 07JD8fOOL - 488af612a24e - 20130522 (trained as not-spam) X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:82629 Archived-At: Am 21.05.2013 um 07:38 schrieb H. =D6zoguz : > Hi there, > = > for a card game I have this macro: > = > \defineoverlay[eslami][{\externalfigure[somepicture.pdf]}] > \def\esl[#1][#2][#3]{% > \startframed[frame=3Don,width=3D4.75cm,offset=3Doverlay,align=3Dmiddle,ba= ckground=3Deslami]% > \offinterlineskip > \framed[width=3D4.75cm,frame=3Doff,height=3D2cm]{\blank[-3mm]#1}\\ > \framed[width=3D4.75cm,frame=3Doff,height=3D3cm]{#2}\\ > \framed[width=3D4.75cm,frame=3Doff,height=3D2.4cm]{#3} > \stopframed} > \starttext > \esl[blub][blub][blub] > \stoptext > = > which produces cards with some text (see attachment). > Now, I only want to write in the editor the commands > = > \esl[blub1][blub1][blub1] > \esl[blub2][blub2[blub2] > \esl[blub3][blub3][blub3] > etc. > = > and these images / overlays should be placed automatically vertically and= horizontically over the sheets, like a tesselation (and after that they wi= ll be printed and cutted). > The order of setting the cards is not important. If one page is full, the= n they should be placed automatically on the next page - but perfectly the = same way, on the same locations, like on all other pages. That is important= for cutting, each card should have two sides, so they have to match in loc= ation. > = > Is there a way to do this? You can let each card produce a single page (select a small aper size, e.g.= A7) and use the imposition mechanism to print many cards on paper. I wrote a while ago a imposition shame for fl= ashcards which can be used for this. 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