* Is fine-grained grid control possible?
@ 2013-04-19 8:29 Tom Ellis
2013-04-19 13:58 ` Aditya Mahajan
0 siblings, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread
From: Tom Ellis @ 2013-04-19 8:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: ntg-context
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
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^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 9+ messages in thread* Re: Is fine-grained grid control possible? 2013-04-19 8:29 Is fine-grained grid control possible? Tom Ellis @ 2013-04-19 13:58 ` Aditya Mahajan 2013-04-19 14:26 ` Tom Ellis 2013-04-19 16:21 ` Tom Ellis 0 siblings, 2 replies; 9+ messages in thread From: Aditya Mahajan @ 2013-04-19 13:58 UTC (permalink / raw) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users On Fri, 19 Apr 2013, Tom Ellis wrote: > 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 Most of these are simple tables with itemized lists. I don't think that you need grid or any other fine-grained control to get this output. So, the short answer is yes, ConTeXt can easily do such checklists. Aditya ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 ___________________________________________________________________________________ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 9+ messages in thread
* Re: Is fine-grained grid control possible? 2013-04-19 13:58 ` Aditya Mahajan @ 2013-04-19 14:26 ` Tom Ellis 2013-04-19 16:21 ` Tom Ellis 1 sibling, 0 replies; 9+ messages in thread From: Tom Ellis @ 2013-04-19 14:26 UTC (permalink / raw) To: ntg-context On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 09:58:47AM -0400, Aditya Mahajan wrote: > On Fri, 19 Apr 2013, Tom Ellis wrote: > > >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 > > Most of these are simple tables with itemized lists. I don't think > that you need grid or any other fine-grained control to get this > output. So, the short answer is yes, ConTeXt can easily do such > checklists. Agreed, but for the checklists I want to make I would prefer more fine-grained control. ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 ___________________________________________________________________________________ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 9+ messages in thread
* Re: Is fine-grained grid control possible? 2013-04-19 13:58 ` Aditya Mahajan 2013-04-19 14:26 ` Tom Ellis @ 2013-04-19 16:21 ` Tom Ellis 2013-04-19 18:13 ` Aditya Mahajan 1 sibling, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread From: Tom Ellis @ 2013-04-19 16:21 UTC (permalink / raw) To: ntg-context On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 09:58:47AM -0400, Aditya Mahajan wrote: > On Fri, 19 Apr 2013, Tom Ellis wrote: > > >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 > > Most of these are simple tables with itemized lists. I don't think > that you need grid or any other fine-grained control to get this > output. So, the short answer is yes, ConTeXt can easily do such > checklists. Agreed, but for the checklists I want to make I would prefer more fine-grained control. ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 ___________________________________________________________________________________ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 9+ messages in thread
* Re: Is fine-grained grid control possible? 2013-04-19 16:21 ` Tom Ellis @ 2013-04-19 18:13 ` Aditya Mahajan 2013-04-19 19:47 ` Tom Ellis 2013-04-19 20:24 ` Tom Ellis 0 siblings, 2 replies; 9+ messages in thread From: Aditya Mahajan @ 2013-04-19 18:13 UTC (permalink / raw) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users On Fri, 19 Apr 2013, Tom Ellis wrote: > On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 09:58:47AM -0400, Aditya Mahajan wrote: >> On Fri, 19 Apr 2013, Tom Ellis wrote: >> >>> Is ConTeX a good fit for my needs? How could I do it? >>> >>> Here are some examples of the kind of thing I would like to do that I pulled >>> from an image search for "checklist" >> >> Most of these are simple tables with itemized lists. I don't think >> that you need grid or any other fine-grained control to get this >> output. So, the short answer is yes, ConTeXt can easily do such >> checklists. > > Agreed, but for the checklists I want to make I would prefer more > fine-grained control. Then please give an example of the type of checklists that you want to make rather than picking random samples from google. Otherwise, it is impossible to answer whether what you have in mind is feasible in ConTeXt or not. Aditya ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 ___________________________________________________________________________________ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 9+ messages in thread
* Re: Is fine-grained grid control possible? 2013-04-19 18:13 ` Aditya Mahajan @ 2013-04-19 19:47 ` Tom Ellis 2013-04-19 20:24 ` Tom Ellis 1 sibling, 0 replies; 9+ messages in thread From: Tom Ellis @ 2013-04-19 19:47 UTC (permalink / raw) To: ntg-context On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 02:13:44PM -0400, Aditya Mahajan wrote: > On Fri, 19 Apr 2013, Tom Ellis wrote: > > >On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 09:58:47AM -0400, Aditya Mahajan wrote: > >>On Fri, 19 Apr 2013, Tom Ellis wrote: > >> > >>>Is ConTeX a good fit for my needs? How could I do it? > >>> > >>>Here are some examples of the kind of thing I would like to do that I pulled > >>>from an image search for "checklist" > >> > >>Most of these are simple tables with itemized lists. I don't think > >>that you need grid or any other fine-grained control to get this > >>output. So, the short answer is yes, ConTeXt can easily do such > >>checklists. > > > >Agreed, but for the checklists I want to make I would prefer more > >fine-grained control. > > Then please give an example of the type of checklists that you want > to make rather than picking random samples from google. Otherwise, > it is impossible to answer whether what you have in mind is feasible > in ConTeXt or not. I care about having fine-grained control over the exact placement of labels and boxes. That is, can I place boxes and text labels at exact coordinates on a page, either in absolute terms or relative to each other? That's all I'm after. 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 ___________________________________________________________________________________ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 9+ messages in thread
* Re: Is fine-grained grid control possible? 2013-04-19 18:13 ` Aditya Mahajan 2013-04-19 19:47 ` Tom Ellis @ 2013-04-19 20:24 ` Tom Ellis 2013-04-19 20:35 ` Aditya Mahajan 1 sibling, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread From: Tom Ellis @ 2013-04-19 20:24 UTC (permalink / raw) To: ntg-context On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 02:13:44PM -0400, Aditya Mahajan wrote: > On Fri, 19 Apr 2013, Tom Ellis wrote: > >On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 09:58:47AM -0400, Aditya Mahajan wrote: > >>On Fri, 19 Apr 2013, Tom Ellis wrote: > >> > >>>Is ConTeX a good fit for my needs? How could I do it? > >>> > >>>Here are some examples of the kind of thing I would like to do that I pulled > >>>from an image search for "checklist" > >> > >>Most of these are simple tables with itemized lists. I don't think > >>that you need grid or any other fine-grained control to get this > >>output. So, the short answer is yes, ConTeXt can easily do such > >>checklists. > > > >Agreed, but for the checklists I want to make I would prefer more > >fine-grained control. > > Then please give an example of the type of checklists that you want > to make rather than picking random samples from google. Otherwise, > it is impossible to answer whether what you have in mind is feasible > in ConTeXt or not. I care about having fine-grained control over the exact placement of labels and boxes. That is, can I place boxes and text labels at exact coordinates on a page, either in absolute terms or relative to each other? That's all I'm after. 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 ___________________________________________________________________________________ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 9+ messages in thread
* Re: Is fine-grained grid control possible? 2013-04-19 20:24 ` Tom Ellis @ 2013-04-19 20:35 ` Aditya Mahajan 2013-04-19 21:28 ` Tom Ellis 0 siblings, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread From: Aditya Mahajan @ 2013-04-19 20:35 UTC (permalink / raw) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users On Fri, 19 Apr 2013, Tom Ellis wrote: > I care about having fine-grained control over the exact placement of labels > and boxes. That is, can I place boxes and text labels at exact coordinates > on a page, either in absolute terms or relative to each other? That's all > I'm after. http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Layers This allows you to place any content at any location on a page, inside a frame, on an image, etc. Aditya ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 ___________________________________________________________________________________ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 9+ messages in thread
* Re: Is fine-grained grid control possible? 2013-04-19 20:35 ` Aditya Mahajan @ 2013-04-19 21:28 ` Tom Ellis 0 siblings, 0 replies; 9+ messages in thread From: Tom Ellis @ 2013-04-19 21:28 UTC (permalink / raw) To: ntg-context On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 04:35:52PM -0400, Aditya Mahajan wrote: > On Fri, 19 Apr 2013, Tom Ellis wrote: > >I care about having fine-grained control over the exact placement of labels > >and boxes. That is, can I place boxes and text labels at exact coordinates > >on a page, either in absolute terms or relative to each other? That's all > >I'm after. > > http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Layers > > This allows you to place any content at any location on a page, > inside a frame, on an image, etc. Very nice, thank you Aditya. ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 ___________________________________________________________________________________ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 9+ messages in thread
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