From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/81943 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tom Ellis Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Is fine-grained grid control possible? Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 09:29:23 +0100 Message-ID: <20130419082923.GH25092@weber> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1366359950 19318 80.91.229.3 (19 Apr 2013 08:25:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 08:25:50 +0000 (UTC) To: ntg-context@ntg.nl Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Fri Apr 19 10:25:53 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([195.12.62.10]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1UT6dl-0006mJ-MH for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Fri, 19 Apr 2013 10:25:53 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id E4B6B101E4; Fri, 19 Apr 2013 10:25:52 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id KhvKTxCMFvDM; Fri, 19 Apr 2013 10:25:50 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id D6EAF101E6; Fri, 19 Apr 2013 10:25:50 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 54E07101E6 for ; Fri, 19 Apr 2013 10:25:49 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id bsloRCvViBDi for ; Fri, 19 Apr 2013 10:25:47 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from filter1-til.mf.surf.net (filter1-til.mf.surf.net [194.171.167.217]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 003D8101E4 for ; Fri, 19 Apr 2013 10:25:46 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from balrog.mythic-beasts.com (balrog.mythic-beasts.com [93.93.130.6]) by filter1-til.mf.surf.net (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-9.4) with ESMTP id r3J8PjCT031022 for ; Fri, 19 Apr 2013 10:25:46 +0200 Original-Received: from [81.187.0.149] (port=54610 helo=weber) by balrog.mythic-beasts.com with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1UT6dd-0005Na-3B for ntg-context@ntg.nl; Fri, 19 Apr 2013 09:25:45 +0100 Original-Received: from tom by weber with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1UT6h9-000704-7w for ntg-context@ntg.nl; Fri, 19 Apr 2013 09:29:23 +0100 Mail-Followup-To: Tom Ellis , ntg-context@ntg.nl Content-Disposition: inline X-Penguin-0: * .^. * X-Penguin-1: - /V\ - X-Penguin-2: * // \\ * X-Penguin-3: - /( )\ - X-Penguin-4: * ^^-^^ * User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-BlackCat-Spam-Score: -28 X-Mythic-Debug: Threshold = On = X-Bayes-Prob: 0.0001 (Score 0, tokens from: @@RPTN) X-CanIt-Geo: ip=93.93.130.6; country=GB; latitude=51.5000; longitude=-0.1300; http://maps.google.com/maps?q=51.5000,-0.1300&z=6 X-CanItPRO-Stream: uu:ntg-context@ntg.nl (inherits from uu:default, base:default) X-Canit-Stats-ID: 0RJpIpKKN - 0879da7952ab - 20130419 (trained as not-spam) X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 194.171.167.217 X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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 Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:81943 Archived-At: I asked a question on tex.stackoverflow, and it was suggested ConTeXt could help and that I should repost my question here. http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/108850/is-fine-grained-grid-control-possible I want to make a variety of checklists which are essentially based on a grid layout. I care about having fine-grained control over the exact placement of labels and boxes. I do not care about paragraphs, hypenation, equations, or anything like that which I know TeX is very good at. Is ConTeX a good fit for my needs? How could I do it? I've already though about Tikz and PGF but I don't think they give me enough fine-grained control. If I fail to find a way to solve my problem using TeX I will probably explore SVG and PostScript. Here are some examples of the kind of thing I would like to do that I pulled from an image search for "checklist" * https://studenttechportfolio.wikispaces.com/file/view/checklist.png/34343465/checklist.png * http://checklisttemplate911.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/checklist-template12.jpg * http://img.docstoccdn.com/thumb/orig/72289360.png * http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=88940&stc=1 * http://theorganisedhousewife.com.au/shop/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/conference-checklist.jpg * http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-piQobSY-8Mw/Tcihq580IgI/AAAAAAAAAgE/Fd0AQD1e69Y/s1600/Operator_Page_1.jpg * http://www.dbh.govt.nz/UserFiles/Image/Publications/building/weathertightness/remediation-checklist-2.gif * http://spxcooling.com/images/M92-1447C-s.jpg Thanks, Tom ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________