From: Tom Ellis <tom-lists-ntg-context-2013@jaguarpaw.co.uk>
To: ntg-context@ntg.nl
Subject: Re: Is fine-grained grid control possible?
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 21:24:57 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130419202457.GL27030@weber> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LNX.2.02.1304191411590.12626@ybpnyubfg.ybpnyqbznva>
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
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Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-04-19 8:29 Tom Ellis
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
2013-04-19 19:47 ` Tom Ellis
2013-04-19 20:24 ` Tom Ellis [this message]
2013-04-19 20:35 ` Aditya Mahajan
2013-04-19 21:28 ` Tom Ellis
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