From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/87682 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: john Culleton Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: blank overlay Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2014 15:25:49 -0400 Organization: WexfordPress Message-ID: <20140603152549.3c32ec36@localb.wexfordpress.net> References: <20140603102718.11fcfacc@localb.wexfordpress.net> <538E0A22.90900@gmx.net> 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 1401823618 18466 80.91.229.3 (3 Jun 2014 19:26:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2014 19:26:58 +0000 (UTC) To: ntg-context@ntg.nl Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Tue Jun 03 21:26:54 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([5.39.185.229]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1WruMI-0003Gf-7s for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Tue, 03 Jun 2014 21:26:54 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF6F11023B for ; Tue, 3 Jun 2014 21:26:53 +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 ijpBDmTKFBpB for ; Tue, 3 Jun 2014 21:26:53 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 79A8C101F8 for ; Tue, 3 Jun 2014 21:26:49 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id BAC9C101E3 for ; Tue, 3 Jun 2014 21:26:45 +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 ioyiu2V04FfG for ; Tue, 3 Jun 2014 21:26:32 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from filter4-ams.mf.surf.net (filter4-ams.mf.surf.net [192.87.102.72]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9983D101E2 for ; Tue, 3 Jun 2014 21:26:27 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from qmta04.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net (qmta04.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net [IPv6:2001:558:fe14:43:76:96:62:40]) by filter4-ams.mf.surf.net (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-9.4) with ESMTP id s53Jnocm028541 for ; Tue, 3 Jun 2014 21:49:51 +0200 Original-Received: from omta09.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.62.20]) by qmta04.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id 9tzp1o0030SCNGk54vS9Wk; Tue, 03 Jun 2014 19:26:09 +0000 Original-Received: from localb.wexfordpress.net ([68.50.233.152]) by omta09.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id 9vS91o00p3HwwZ83VvS9PV; Tue, 03 Jun 2014 19:26:09 +0000 In-Reply-To: <538E0A22.90900@gmx.net> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.9.0 (GTK+ 2.24.20; x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=comcast.net; s=q20140121; t=1401823569; bh=bb8uO+RRz8DDawQ7BrK/Jwxbr6k1IbjlepogFVTvVGM=; h=Received:Received:Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:Mime-Version: Content-Type; b=juMcWFHdrinZw37okUjTFxVbt0yeQVBqrxx6ZNiv04rYxPIT894Hy7swVQoEzRaTH K5wQlo2p8JA5NyL2wjVMj+MljRTDNB6TJeL9PnXizfiYr5/hKMfMQE7y8ypQUBRa2s 0lDjcZ1asQ+wOuzvNzL7YQO08YJit9tvU2LBA+zEV+uAbtaUf7XkBIia8bt9eCdKhQ PmgZh82732XDRSzmcSEUIehMyi7pKpNQSaiVlLt2/0gQCpOjdU5FOtjbvKTvYPREjF gGkcwv9AH+1a2gfHZySRiS9Brexl6sAk4lK9G7/42c1Zvd+o1gwYojy+KjAhtF361I ktvcz/3FmhczA== X-Bayes-Prob: 0.0001 (Score 0, tokens from: ntg-context@ntg.nl, base:default, @@RPTN) X-CanIt-Geo: ip=2001:558:fe14:43:76:96:62:40; country=US X-CanItPRO-Stream: uu:ntg-context@ntg.nl (inherits from uu:default, base:default) X-Canit-Stats-ID: 01M9TNO6G - bb38eaa41040 - 20140603 X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) 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:87682 Archived-At: On Tue, 03 Jun 2014 19:47:14 +0200 Peter Rolf wrote: > Am 03.06.2014 16:27, schrieb john Culleton: > > > > I need a graphic (a thumbnail) on the right > > hand pages but not on the left hand pages. > > Following the instructions in the Metafun > > Manual page 168 I have assigned different > > pairs to the two overlays: > > \startuseMPgraphic{right page} > > ... > > \stopuseMPgraphic > > > > and > > \startuseMPgraphic{left page} > > \stopuseMPgraphic > > > > In the left hand area I want to just create a > > minimal structure that replaces the right hand > > graphic overlay. > > > > What is the minimal code I can use between the > > start and stop statements? > > > > Not sure if I understand you right, but let's > give it a try :-) > > You can use 'Start|Stoppage' in combination > with your icon, but you end up with a graphic > as big as the page (not visible and a small > data footprint, but still some kind of 'layer > mess'). Probably not the best way to do this in > ConTeXt. Anyway... > > StartPage; > draw xyshifted(x,y); % shift to the > desired position StopPage; > > > Better alternative: > > http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Layers > > Example: placing a logo to the top right corner > of the page > > And for the different setup on left|right pages > see > > http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Alternating_backgrounds_and_repeating_layers > > The latter link is also at the bottom of the > layer related page. > > > HTH, Peter > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > 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 > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > > > _______________________________________________________ > Unlimited Disk, Data Transfer, PHP/MySQL Domain > Hosting http://www.doteasy.com One of your examples, the watermark one, reminded me of what I had left off. It was the lines: \setuppagenumbering [alternative=doublesided] Dum de dum dum! Now I have the thumbnail mark on odd but not on even pages. I still have a few more bits to fiddle but that got me around my problem. I took Hans' MKIV thumb index example and hacked away from that point onward. Thanks so much for your multiple examples! I was about to retreat to Scribus. The problem with that program is that the pdf files are about five times bigger than a corresponding pdf from Context. -- John Culleton Wexford Press Free list of books for self-publishers: http://wexfordpress.net/shortlist.html PDF e-book: "Create Book Covers with Scribus" available at http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 ___________________________________________________________________________________