Re: \startbackground and verbatims

[Gilbert van den Dobbelsteen <GILBERT@login.iaf.nl>]

> Gilbert van den Dobbelsteen wrote:
> 
> > I am having some difficulties with colored backgrounds and verbatim
> > like stuff.
> 
> There are two kinds of backgrounds. When you want a background to a page
> are specific area of the page, use \setupbackgrounds. This has nothing
> to do with the running text. You can put a background behind text, using
> \startbackground etc. This will cross the page boder ok, takes care of
> some offsets etc. 

Yep, well, I am using 

\startbackground Some stuff \stopbackground

> 
> How do you mean beyond? 

The backgound crosses the page-size:

+-----------------+  --> text boundary
|                 |
|   +---------+   |  --> Backgound edges
|   |Some text|   |
|   |Some text|   |
|---+_________+---+

The background box is a bit deeper then the page-boundary (Sorry, I 
mean the \zethoogte).

If you need more info, I can send you the resulting .pdf file which 
shows these difficulties (I will not post it on the list). I can also 
send you the style file I use, but it is **very* similar to s-pre-01

> Yes. Even multiples and mixed with color: 
> 
> \defineoverlay[one][this is one]
> \defineoverlay[two][this is the second one]
> \defineoverlay[three][this is the last one] 
> 
> \setupcolors[state=start]
> 
> \framed[background={color,one,two,three},backgroundcolor=red]{Hi there}

This is *very* cool (I don't need it right now, but I'll keep it in 
mind.

> > % From TeX by Topic:
> > {\catcode`\^^M=13 %
> >  \gdef\olines{\catcode`\^^M=13 \def^^M{\par\leavevmode}}%
> > }
> 
> \obeylines will do. 

The \leavevmode was necessary to make consecutive empty lines show 
up too (normally they are handled like multiple \par, e.g. they are 
changed into a single \par.

>  
> > \def\startposter#1{\startachtergrond\bgroup\olines}
> 
> wat doet die #1 daar? 
Dat komt later. Die #1 wordt later:

  \naar[#1::]{Echter poster}

  where #1.pdf --> poster file of the destination

> Why the obeylines? 

Because the people who wrote the input file needed some basic formatting 
control (simply some newlines will suffice for them).

Gilbert.