Articles & Spread titles

Articles & Spread titles

[Dan Seracu]

Hello!

I have three questions regarding book design in ConTeXt:
1. How can I typeset articles (from PDF viewpoint). I know there is a
special command in pdftex, but is there any in ConTeXt?
2. Is it possible for a title to spread accross the margins?
3. Can I use PSTricks in a ConTeXt document?

Dan Seracu

RE: Articles & Spread titles

[Berend de Boer]

> 2. Is it possible for a title to spread accross the margins?

Of course, use the standard tex \hss.

Groetjes,

Berend. (-:

Re: Articles & Spread titles

[Ed L Cashin]

Dan Seracu <dans@sintezis.rdsor.ro> writes:

> Hello!
> 
> I have three questions regarding book design in ConTeXt:
> 1. How can I typeset articles (from PDF viewpoint). I know there is a
> special command in pdftex, but is there any in ConTeXt?

What do you mean?  I don't know of any pdftex primitive for articles.
If you mean plain tex, I still don't know of any plain tex command for
articles.  Hmm.

> 2. Is it possible for a title to spread accross the margins?

Sure.  As DJ Delorie once said, "Of course it's possible!  It's a
computer!"  I don't, however, know the best way to do this in
context. 

> 3. Can I use PSTricks in a ConTeXt document?

I avoid PSTricks because it doesn't work with pdftex, since it relies
on "\special"s and post-processing by dvips.  I find MetaPost easier
to use, and more powerful too, and it works seemlessly with pdftex.

Context has great support for MetaPost.

For more info, find the stuff on www.tug.org or go directly to:

    http://cm.bell-labs.com/who/hobby/MetaPost.html

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Re: Articles & Spread titles

[Hans Hagen]

At 10:58 AM 6/21/00 -0400, Ed L Cashin wrote:
>Dan Seracary u <dans@sintezis.rdsor.ro> writes:
>
>> Hello!
>> 
>> I have three questions regarding book design in ConTeXt:
>> 1. How can I typeset articles (from PDF viewpoint). I know there is a
>> special command in pdftex, but is there any in ConTeXt?
>
>What do you mean?  I don't know of any pdftex primitive for articles.
>If you mean plain tex, I still don't know of any plain tex command for
>articles.  Hmm.

There is, in pdf, something called article threads. Rather useless, since
it does semi arbitrary scaling. It's in acrobat to accomodate tabloid
newspapers to be readable on the screen. 

>> 2. Is it possible for a title to spread accross the margins?
>
>Sure.  As DJ Delorie once said, "Of course it's possible!  It's a
>computer!"  I don't, however, know the best way to do this in
>context. 

What exactly is meant by 'spread across the margins'. 

Hans
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Re: Articles & Spread Titles

[Hans Hagen]

At 01:17 PM 6/22/00 +0300, Dan Seracu wrote:
>Hello!
>
>By "spread titles" I mean a title that can spread accross the page,
>including the margin side (where usually the \inmargin{...} paragraphs
>are)

untested: 

\def\MyHead#1#2%
  {\hskip-\leftmargindistance
   \hskip-\leftmarginwidth 
   \ruledvbox % \vbox, but ruled for testing
     {\adddimenregister 
        \textwidth
        \leftmargindistance 
        \leftmarginwidth
      \to \hsize
      #1\hskip24pt#2}} 

\setuphead[chapter][command=\MyHead]

A bit of programming I admit, but not that complicated. 

Hans
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Re: Articles & Spread Titles

[Dan Seracu]

Hello!

By "spread titles" I mean a title that can spread accross the page,
including the margin side (where usually the \inmargin{...} paragraphs
are)

Dan Seracu.