From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/14533 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Janko Hauser Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: irregular typesetting area Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 15:26:12 +0100 Organization: need-brain Sender: ntg-context-admin@ntg.nl Message-ID: <20040114152612.508bc7ca.janko@need-brain.de> References: Reply-To: ntg-context@ntg.nl NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1074090431 8554 80.91.224.253 (14 Jan 2004 14:27:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 14:27:11 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-admin@ntg.nl Wed Jan 14 15:27:06 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from ref.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.13] helo=ref.ntg.nl) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1Aglz8-0007sZ-00 for ; Wed, 14 Jan 2004 15:27:06 +0100 Original-Received: from ref.ntg.nl (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ref.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id C895110B3C; Wed, 14 Jan 2004 15:26:20 +0100 (MET) Original-Received: from mail.primaryroot.net (primaryroot.net [217.160.183.229]) by ref.ntg.nl (Postfix) with SMTP id 4027510B35 for ; Wed, 14 Jan 2004 15:25:49 +0100 (MET) Original-Received: (qmail 8490 invoked by uid 304); 14 Jan 2004 14:26:25 -0000 Original-Received: from janko@need-brain.de by p15125011 by uid 301 with qmail-scanner-1.16 (uvscan: v4.1.60/v4171. spamassassin: 2.31. Clear:. Processed in 0.30755 secs); 14 Jan 2004 14:26:25 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO lagos) (217.88.195.30) by 0 with SMTP; 14 Jan 2004 14:26:24 -0000 Original-To: ntg-context@ntg.nl In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.6claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-pc-linux-gnu) Errors-To: ntg-context-admin@ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.13 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:14533 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:14533 On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 12:00:11 +0100 "Ole Schoening" wrote: > Dear Contexers, > > I would like to repeat my question (see below) because I neither got > an answer nor found a solution on my own. I believe that > \defineoverlay cannot produce a solution for my problem because this > command puts pictures in a different layer and so the main text is > not affected (i.e. text is printed on top of underlying pictures). > > Are there any hints available? > There is an indepth explanation in the PDF-document details.pdf You do not work with an overlay, but use \placefigure, then the text is flowing around the picture. HTH, __Janko > > I'm trying to produce an irregular (more than 4 corners) typesetting > (main text) area of the following shape: > > ... (header) .... > _____________________________________ > ( logo / | ... text area ... | > overlay background) | | > ________________________| | > | | > ... ... > | | > | | > | ________________________| > | |(logo > | | /overlay background) > | ... text area ... | > |___________________________________| > > The reason of this wish is not to overwrite the displayed logos > or overlay pictures, which are used to form a common layout for a > brochure. > Btw., the orientation of the logos / pictures changes from even to > odd pages. > The measures of the logos / pictures prohibit a solution just by > putting > them in the header or footer. > > Does anyone have an idea how to solve this problem? > Thanks in advance, > Ole > > > > _______________________________________________ > ntg-context mailing list > ntg-context@ntg.nl > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context