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 > > > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > 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://context.aanhet.net > archive : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ > wiki : http://contextgarden.net > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | www.pragma-ade.nl | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------