Re: Captions with background

[Hans Hagen <j.hagen@xs4all.nl>]

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On 8/3/2019 5:22 PM, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> in my books I typeset captions onto full page images, therefore I need a background; in the attached example it’s just a white box, usually I use a MetaPost shadow (some of you helped me with that a few years ago, current code see https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Drop_shadows).
> 
> Now, the background should just enclose the text, not more. Since I don’t know how long the caption will be (I use the whole setup in a macro), I need a \vbox within \setlayer, but that always uses the full \textwidth, regardless of width settings of \framed.
> 
> If the caption is short, the box should be minimal. Is this possible?
> 
> 
> Even better would be a textbackground just behind the text lines.
> 
> Unfortunately my MP foo is not up to the task, the rectangular shadow was hard enough, but I’d try.
> There’s an example in details.pdf, but I don’t understand how I could manipulate the path around the text (not: paragraph).
> 
> 
> The example shows another problem: If you run it with --mode=arrange, the bleed is cut off.
> Is this a matter of settings or a bug?
> 
> 
> Greetlings, Hraban
> 
> 
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\usemodule[visual]

\setuppapersize[A6][A6,oversized]

\setuplayout
   [location=middle,
	marking=on,
	grid=yes]

\setuppagenumbering
  [alternative=doublesided]

\starttext

\definelayer
  [page]
  [width=\paperwidth,
   height=\paperheight]

\definelayer
  [footer]
  [width=\textwidth,
   height=\footerheight]

\setupbackgrounds
  [page]
  [background=page,
   state=start]

\setupbackgrounds
  [footer][text]
  [background=footer,
   state=start]

\setupfooter[strut=no]

\useMPlibrary[dum]

\showframe[frame=on]

\dorecurse{10} {

    test

    \page[left]

    \setlayer
      [page]
      [x=-2mm,
       y=-2mm,
       preset=lefttop]
      {\externalfigure
         [bogus]
         [width=\dimexpr\paperwidth+2mm,
          height=\dimexpr\paperheight+4mm]
         [frame=on]}

    \setlayerframed
      [footer]
      [preset=leftbottom]
      [frame=off,
       align=normal,
       background=color,
       backgroundcolor=white]
      {\fakewords{#1}{#1}}

    \page[empty]

    test

}

\stoptext

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