From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/39481 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Wolfgang Schuster Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: parbox equivalent? Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:23:02 +0100 Message-ID: <20080312182302.ee53f6d1.schuster.wolfgang@googlemail.com> References: <200803121255.16522.jazz_johnson@verizon.net> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1205342739 20233 80.91.229.12 (12 Mar 2008 17:25:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 17:25:39 +0000 (UTC) To: ntg-context@ntg.nl Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Wed Mar 12 18:26:06 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JZUhS-00008M-FL for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:25:10 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1CA241FDE3; Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:24:36 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 27126-03-5; Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:23:52 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 37B2E1FDD2; Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:23:52 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 70B791FDD2 for ; Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:23:51 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 26117-01-18 for ; Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:23:16 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from fk-out-0910.google.com (fk-out-0910.google.com [209.85.128.186]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0CB821FDCA for ; Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:23:16 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: by fk-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id 18so3192955fkq.2 for ; Wed, 12 Mar 2008 10:23:15 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.82.108.9 with SMTP id g9mr20425286buc.4.1205342595335; Wed, 12 Mar 2008 10:23:15 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from rover ( [91.41.105.236]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 3sm12788253fge.7.2008.03.12.10.23.13 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Wed, 12 Mar 2008 10:23:14 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <200803121255.16522.jazz_johnson@verizon.net> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.5.0beta1 (GTK+ 2.10.14; i686-pc-mingw32) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:39481 Archived-At: On Wed, 12 Mar 2008 11:55:15 -0500 jazz_johnson@verizon.net wrote: > Is there any recommended ConTeXt equivalent to latex's parbox command? \framed > Specifically I'm thinking of signature blocks such as > > \vspace{1in} > \hspace{2.5in} > \parbox{3in}{Sincerely yours, > \vspace{.7in}\\ > John Doe} > \blank[1in] \hskip2.5in \framed [width=3in,align=right] {Sincerely yours\blank[.7in]John Doe} > or this: > > \newcommand{\signature}{ % > \vspace{1in}\hspace{3.0in}% > \begin{minipage}[t]{3.5in}% > The Board of Directors > \vspace{.1in}\\By:% > \begin{minipage}[t]{3.0in}% > \includegraphics[width=2.5in]{gm_signature.png}\\% > \vspace{-1 cm}% > \parbox[t]{3.0in}{\hrulefill\\John Doe, General Manager}% > \end{minipage}% > \end{minipage}% > } > > or this: > \begin{tabular}{p{3in} p{3in} } > \signatureblock1 & \signatureblock2 \\ > \notaryblock1 & \notaryblock2 \\ > \stop{tabular} \starttable[|p(3in)|p(3in)|] \NC \signaturblockone \NC \signaturblocktwo \NC\AR \NC \notaryblockone \NC \notaryblocktwo \NC\AR \stoptable Wolfgang ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________