Anchoring layer

Anchoring layer

[Thomas A. Schmitz]

I'm trying to write a module that will mimick the behavior of  
crop.sty in LaTeX (providing fancier cropmarks than the ones given by  
the ConTeXt \setuplayout command). I'm done with the code for the  
cropmarks, and this is working fine. Now I want to have a status line  
in between the two top marks. How can I give an absolute position for  
a layer that will put this line midaligned and exactly, say 0.5cm  
above the level of the upper corners of the page? What I tried so far  
is:
\composedlayer and something like \setlayer[y=2cm] - will only be on  
the first page, not repeated;
\framed - I can give the frame a height like 1.3\textheight, but then  
the position will not be fixed, but change with the textheight

I guess there must be a trivial solution, but I haven't found it yet...

Best

Thomas

Re: Anchoring layer

[Peter Rolf]

Hi Thomas,

Thomas A. Schmitz wrote:
> I'm trying to write a module that will mimick the behavior of  crop.sty
> in LaTeX (providing fancier cropmarks than the ones given by  the
> ConTeXt \setuplayout command). I'm done with the code for the 
> cropmarks, and this is working fine. Now I want to have a status line 
> in between the two top marks. How can I give an absolute position for  a
> layer that will put this line midaligned and exactly, say 0.5cm  above
> the level of the upper corners of the page? What I tried so far  is:
> \composedlayer and something like \setlayer[y=2cm] - will only be on 
> the first page, not repeated;

\setuplayer[LAYERNAME][repeat=yes]

\setlayer[LAYERNAME][x=??, y=20mm, location=c]{your status line}

x should be (CROPLeftX+CROPrightX)/2

not tested....


Greetings, Peter


> \framed - I can give the frame a height like 1.3\textheight, but then 
> the position will not be fixed, but change with the textheight
> 
> I guess there must be a trivial solution, but I haven't found it yet...
> 
> Best
> 
> Thomas
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Re: Anchoring layer

[Thomas A. Schmitz]

Thanks for your suggestion, but I didn't get it to work. In the end,  
I had recourse to some low-level stuff (caution, ugly code ahead!):

\defineoverlay[info][{\getbuffer[info]}]

\setupbackgrounds[page][background={info}]


\startbuffer[info]
\vbox to \paperheight \bgroup
   \vskip -1 cm
    \framed[frame=off,align=high]{\tt \txx "\jobname" - \currentdate 
[y,/,mm,/,dd]\ - \currenttime\ - \realfolio\ of \lastpage}
    \egroup
\stopbuffer

(code adapted from construction of Thumb index on the wiki)

Which seems to be doing exactly what I want.

Thanks, and best

Thomas


On Oct 5, 2005, at 1:12 PM, Peter Rolf wrote:

> \setuplayer[LAYERNAME][repeat=yes]
>
> \setlayer[LAYERNAME][x=??, y=20mm, location=c]{your status line}
>
> x should be (CROPLeftX+CROPrightX)/2
>
> not tested....
>
>

Re: Anchoring layer

[Peter Rolf]

Thomas A. Schmitz wrote:
> Thanks for your suggestion, but I didn't get it to work. In the end,  I
> had recourse to some low-level stuff (caution, ugly code ahead!):
>
:))


this time tested:

% interface=en output=pdftex
% Time-stamp: <Mittwoch, 05 Oktober 2005 15:41:00; layer.tex>
%

\definelayer[markings][width=\paperwidth, height=\paperheight, repeat=yes]

\setupbackgrounds[page][background={markings}]


\starttext

\setlayer[markings][x=.5\paperwidth, y=20mm, location=c]%
  {\tt \txx "\jobname" - \currentdate [y,/,mm,/,dd]\ - \currenttime\ -
\realfolio\ of \lastpage}

\hbox{}% dummy; else no output

\stoptext

%%% Local Variables:
%%% mode: context
%%% TeX-master: ""
%%% End:


See details.pdf for layer usage :)

Peter

> \defineoverlay[info][{\getbuffer[info]}]
> 
> \setupbackgrounds[page][background={info}]
> 
> 
> \startbuffer[info]
> \vbox to \paperheight \bgroup
>   \vskip -1 cm
>    \framed[frame=off,align=high]{\tt \txx "\jobname" - \currentdate
> [y,/,mm,/,dd]\ - \currenttime\ - \realfolio\ of \lastpage}
>    \egroup
> \stopbuffer
> 
> (code adapted from construction of Thumb index on the wiki)
> 
> Which seems to be doing exactly what I want.
> 
> Thanks, and best
> 
> Thomas
> 
> 
> On Oct 5, 2005, at 1:12 PM, Peter Rolf wrote:
> 
>> \setuplayer[LAYERNAME][repeat=yes]
>>
>> \setlayer[LAYERNAME][x=??, y=20mm, location=c]{your status line}
>>
>> x should be (CROPLeftX+CROPrightX)/2
>>
>> not tested....
>>
>>
> 
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> 

Re: Anchoring layer

[Thomas A. Schmitz]

Wonderful, this looks much better and is exactly what I wanted!  
[y=-20mm, if I want something on top of the logical paper] Thanks a lot!

Thomas

On Oct 5, 2005, at 3:55 PM, Peter Rolf wrote:

> \definelayer[markings][width=\paperwidth, height=\paperheight,  
> repeat=yes]
>
> \setupbackgrounds[page][background={markings}]
>
>
> \starttext
>
> \setlayer[markings][x=.5\paperwidth, y=20mm, location=c]%
>   {\tt \txx "\jobname" - \currentdate [y,/,mm,/,dd]\ - \currenttime\ -
> \realfolio\ of \lastpage}
>

D R A F T on pages

[Jilani Khaldi]

Hi All,
how to write the word "DRAFT" (big and transparent) on every page of a 
document using ConTeXt?
Thanks!

-- 
// Jilani KHALDI
http://jkhaldi.oltrelinux.com

Re: D R A F T on pages

[Thomas A. Schmitz]

Try this code:

\startuseMPgraphic{draft}
draw "DRAFT" infont "phvb" scaled 9 rotated 57 withcolor .85white ;
currentpicture := currentpicture ysized (\overlayheight-3cm) ;
\stopuseMPgraphic
\defineoverlay[draft][\uniqueMPgraphic{draft}]
\setupbackgrounds[page][background=draft]

HTH

Thomas

On Oct 6, 2005, at 10:20 PM, Jilani Khaldi wrote:

> Hi All,
> how to write the word "DRAFT" (big and transparent) on every page  
> of a document using ConTeXt?
> Thanks!
>
>

Re: D R A F T on pages

[Jilani Khaldi]

> \startuseMPgraphic{draft}
> draw "DRAFT" infont "phvb" scaled 9 rotated 57 withcolor .85white ;
> currentpicture := currentpicture ysized (\overlayheight-3cm) ;
> \stopuseMPgraphic
> \defineoverlay[draft][\uniqueMPgraphic{draft}]
> \setupbackgrounds[page][background=draft]

I can't get it working, could you please give me more information how to 
use this code?
Thank you.

-- 
// Jilani KHALDI
http://jkhaldi.oltrelinux.com

Re: D R A F T on pages

[Idris Samawi Hamid]

On Thu, 06 Oct 2005 23:49:22 +0200, Jilani Khaldi 
<jilani.khaldi1@virgilio.it> wrote:

>
>> \startuseMPgraphic{draft}
>> draw "DRAFT" infont "phvb" scaled 9 rotated 57 withcolor .85white ;
>> currentpicture := currentpicture ysized (\overlayheight-3cm) ;
>> \stopuseMPgraphic
>> \defineoverlay[draft][\uniqueMPgraphic{draft}]
>> \setupbackgrounds[page][background=draft]
>
> I can't get it working, could you please give me more information how to 
> use this code?
> Thank you.

Please give the appropriate extracts from the log file, including ConTeXt 
version and where the error occurs.

Best
Idris

-- 
Professor Idris Samawi Hamid
Department of Philosophy
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523

Re: D R A F T on pages

[Jilani Khaldi]

> Please give the appropriate extracts from the log file, including 
> ConTeXt version and where the error occurs.
>

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Ciao!

-- 
// Jilani KHALDI
http://jkhaldi.oltrelinux.com

Re: D R A F T on pages

[Thomas A. Schmitz]

You'll need to do 2 things:

in your texmf.cnf, you have to set shellescape to "t" (don't ask me  
where that is located on a windows system, I have no idea).

In cont-sys.tex, uncomment these two lines:

\runMPgraphicstrue
\runMPTEXgraphicstrue

Good luck


Thomas


On Oct 7, 2005, at 12:03 PM, Jilani Khaldi wrote:

> As you can see, the PDF file has been normaly created, but without  
> any "DRAFT".
>
> Ciao!
>
>

Re: D R A F T on pages

[Peter Münster]

On Fri, 7 Oct 2005, Thomas A. Schmitz wrote:

> You'll need to do 2 things:
> 
> in your texmf.cnf, you have to set shellescape to "t" (don't ask me  
> where that is located on a windows system, I have no idea).
> 
> In cont-sys.tex, uncomment these two lines:
> 
> \runMPgraphicstrue
> \runMPTEXgraphicstrue

Perhaps a bit simpler:

\setupcolors[state=start]
\defineoverlay[Draft][{\lightgray
  \scale[factor=max]{\rotate[rotation=60]{~DRAFT~}}}]
\setupbackgrounds[page][background=Draft]
\starttext
\input tufte
\stoptext

Cheers, Peter

-- 
http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

Re: D R A F T on pages

[Jilani Khaldi]

>Perhaps a bit simpler:
>
>\setupcolors[state=start]
>\defineoverlay[Draft][{\lightgray
>  \scale[factor=max]{\rotate[rotation=60]{~DRAFT~}}}]
>\setupbackgrounds[page][background=Draft]
>\starttext
>\input tufte
>\stoptext
>
>  
>
It works! Thank You :-)

-- 
// Jilani KHALDI
http://jkhaldi.oltrelinux.com

Re: D R A F T on pages

[andrea valle]

works properly here on macosx with texshop

-a-


On 6 Oct 2005, at 23:49, Jilani Khaldi wrote:

>
>> \startuseMPgraphic{draft}
>> draw "DRAFT" infont "phvb" scaled 9 rotated 57 withcolor .85white ;
>> currentpicture := currentpicture ysized (\overlayheight-3cm) ;
>> \stopuseMPgraphic
>> \defineoverlay[draft][\uniqueMPgraphic{draft}]
>> \setupbackgrounds[page][background=draft]
>
> I can't get it working, could you please give me more information how 
> to use this code?
> Thank you.
>
> -- 
> // Jilani KHALDI
> http://jkhaldi.oltrelinux.com
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> ntg-context mailing list
> ntg-context@ntg.nl
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>
>
Andrea Valle
Laboratorio multimediale "G. Quazza"
Facoltà di Scienze della Formazione
Università degli Studi di Torino
andrea.valle@unito.it

ASCII art inclusion

[andrea valle]

Hi to all,
I'm including in a set of slides some ASCII ART.
Actually I'm using start-stoptyping.
E.g.
\starttyping

|| knight ||

	

    |
    |
    + \
    \\.G_.*=.
     `(H'/.\|
      .>' (_--.
   _=/d   ,^\
  ~~ \)-'   '
     / |
    '  '   a:f
\stoptyping

Works fine, but obviously text remains text (--> large figures are 
splitted among different  pages).
I'd like to treat the ascii text lines as a unique block, just like a 
figure. What's the best way?

Thanks a lot

Best

-a-

Re: ASCII art inclusion

[Mojca Miklavec]

andrea valle wrote:
> Hi to all,
> I'm including in a set of slides some ASCII ART.
> Actually I'm using start-stoptyping.
> E.g.
> \starttyping
>
> || knight ||
>
>
>
>     |
>     |
>     + \
>     \\.G_.*=.
>      `(H'/.\|
>       .>' (_--.
>    _=/d   ,^\
>   ~~ \)-'   '
>      / |
>     '  '   a:f
> \stoptyping
>
> Works fine, but obviously text remains text (--> large figures are
> splitted among different  pages).
> I'd like to treat the ascii text lines as a unique block, just like a
> figure. What's the best way?

Would \framed[frame=off,...]{... your figure ...} or \vbox{... your
figure ...} solve the problem?

(\startyping ... \stoptyping inside \framed caused some problems here,
but \vbox worked OK.)

Mojca

Re: ASCII art inclusion

[andrea valle]

thanks!
Ok with \vbox
-a-
On 9 Oct 2005, at 11:38, Mojca Miklavec wrote:

> andrea valle wrote:
>> Hi to all,
>> I'm including in a set of slides some ASCII ART.
>> Actually I'm using start-stoptyping.
>> E.g.
>> \starttyping
>>
>> || knight ||
>>
>>
>>
>>     |
>>     |
>>     + \
>>     \\.G_.*=.
>>      `(H'/.\|
>>       .>' (_--.
>>    _=/d   ,^\
>>   ~~ \)-'   '
>>      / |
>>     '  '   a:f
>> \stoptyping
>>
>> Works fine, but obviously text remains text (--> large figures are
>> splitted among different  pages).
>> I'd like to treat the ascii text lines as a unique block, just like a
>> figure. What's the best way?
>
> Would \framed[frame=off,...]{... your figure ...} or \vbox{... your
> figure ...} solve the problem?
>
> (\startyping ... \stoptyping inside \framed caused some problems here,
> but \vbox worked OK.)
>
> Mojca
> _______________________________________________
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> ntg-context@ntg.nl
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>
>
Andrea Valle
Laboratorio multimediale "G. Quazza"
Facoltà di Scienze della Formazione
Università degli Studi di Torino
andrea.valle@unito.it

Re: D R A F T on pages

[Idris Samawi Hamid]

On Thu, 06 Oct 2005 22:20:34 +0200, Jilani Khaldi 
<jilani.khaldi1@virgilio.it> wrote:

> Hi All,
> how to write the word "DRAFT" (big and transparent) on every page of a 
> document using ConTeXt?
> Thanks!

For one approach, see the following

http://archive.contextgarden.net/search/20061201.070000.00000000@sb:draft.en.html

Best
Idris

-- 
Professor Idris Samawi Hamid
Department of Philosophy
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523

RE: D R A F T on pages

[Idris Samawi Hamid]

>===== Original Message From Peter Münster <pmlists@free.fr> =====

>Perhaps a bit simpler:
>
>\setupcolors[state=start]
>\defineoverlay[Draft][{\lightgray
>  \scale[factor=max]{\rotate[rotation=60]{~DRAFT~}}}]
>\setupbackgrounds[page][background=Draft]
>\starttext
>\input tufte
>\stoptext

Indeed! Wonderful!!

Best
Idris

============================
Professor Idris Samawi Hamid
Department of Philosophy
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523