From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/16544 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eckhart =?iso-8859-1?Q?Guth=F6hrlein?= Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Poster with layers Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 10:35:16 +0200 Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Message-ID: <20040927083516.GA9633@cebitec.uni-bielefeld.de> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1096274142 1554 80.91.229.6 (27 Sep 2004 08:35:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 08:35:42 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Mon Sep 27 10:35:28 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CBqyl-0005MZ-00 for ; Mon, 27 Sep 2004 10:35:27 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E75E1278C; Mon, 27 Sep 2004 10:35:27 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ronja.vet.uu.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 25056-05; Mon, 27 Sep 2004 10:35:25 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 72BF112784; Mon, 27 Sep 2004 10:35:24 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC93512784 for ; Mon, 27 Sep 2004 10:35:22 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ronja.vet.uu.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 24982-06-2 for ; Mon, 27 Sep 2004 10:35:22 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from smtp-relay.CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE (unknown [129.70.160.28]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5545C1276D for ; Mon, 27 Sep 2004 10:35:22 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp-relay.CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE (Postfix) with ESMTP id D76C22D614 for ; Mon, 27 Sep 2004 10:35:17 +0200 (MEST) Original-Received: from smtp-relay.CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (sauron [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 07173-01-9 for ; Mon, 27 Sep 2004 10:35:17 +0200 (MEST) Original-Received: from baloo.Genetik.Uni-Bielefeld.DE (baloo.CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE [129.70.160.60]) by smtp-relay.CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE (Postfix) with ESMTP id 127792D60A for ; Mon, 27 Sep 2004 10:35:17 +0200 (MEST) Original-Received: by baloo.Genetik.Uni-Bielefeld.DE (Postfix, from userid 13119) id B1B741484; Mon, 27 Sep 2004 10:35:16 +0200 (MEST) Original-To: ntg-context@ntg.nl Mail-Followup-To: ntg-context@ntg.nl Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at cebitec.uni-bielefeld.de X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 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 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:16544 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:16544 Hi all, I have to prepare a scientific poster, and of cause using anything except TeX is below a real scientist's dignity. The main problem is that I have to arrange content rather freely on the page, without the regularity imposed by using tables or columns. Using layers for this purpose is probably best. I have started with something like: \definelayer[ModelingLayer] \setupbackgrounds[page][background=ModelingLayer] \setlayer[ModelingLayer][position=no,x=1cm,y=1cm]{% \framed{Whatever}} This seems to work well enough for my purposes. Or does anybody have a better idea? Then please let me know. My main at the moment is positioning. I would like to position one layer relative to another. Say for example, 'top left edge of layer x 2cm below and 3cm right of bottom center of layer y'. So, how can I access the necessary values, i.e. x, y, width, depth, height of a layer? Or is there an easier way to do this? Greetings, Eckhart