From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/14532 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Willi Egger Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: irregular typesetting area Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 12:20:56 +0100 Sender: ntg-context-admin@ntg.nl Message-ID: <40052618.5030305@boede.nl> References: Reply-To: ntg-context@ntg.nl NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1074079329 16874 80.91.224.253 (14 Jan 2004 11:22:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 11:22:09 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-admin@ntg.nl Wed Jan 14 12:22:06 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from ref.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.13] helo=ref.ntg.nl) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1Agj66-0004g7-00 for ; Wed, 14 Jan 2004 12:22:06 +0100 Original-Received: from ref.ntg.nl (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ref.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE3DC10B0E; Wed, 14 Jan 2004 12:21:20 +0100 (MET) Original-Received: from smtpzilla3.xs4all.nl (smtpzilla3.xs4all.nl [194.109.127.139]) by ref.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id F174210ACC for ; Wed, 14 Jan 2004 12:20:13 +0100 (MET) Original-Received: from boede.nl (a80-126-172-1.adsl.xs4all.nl [80.126.172.1]) by smtpzilla3.xs4all.nl (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i0EBKttc054925 for ; Wed, 14 Jan 2004 12:20:55 +0100 (CET) User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031013 Thunderbird/0.3 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en Original-To: ntg-context@ntg.nl In-Reply-To: Errors-To: ntg-context-admin@ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.13 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:14532 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:14532 Hi Ole, It is just a suggestion. May be that the required information can be found in the metafun manual. From page 226 (Talking to TeX) there is a lot on typesetting text within a given shape. Examples are given on page 238. Kind regards Willi Ole Schoening wrote: >Dear Contexers, > >I would like to repeat my question (see below) because I neither got >an answer nor found a solution on my own. I believe that >\defineoverlay cannot produce a solution for my problem because this >command puts pictures in a different layer and so the main text is >not affected (i.e. text is printed on top of underlying pictures). > >Are there any hints available? >Ole > > > >I'm trying to produce an irregular (more than 4 corners) typesetting >(main text) area of the following shape: > >... (header) .... > _____________________________________ >( logo / | ... text area ... | > overlay background) | | >________________________| | >| | >... ... >| | >| | >| ________________________| >| |(logo >| | /overlay background) >| ... text area ... | >|___________________________________| > >The reason of this wish is not to overwrite the displayed logos >or overlay pictures, which are used to form a common layout for a >brochure. >Btw., the orientation of the logos / pictures changes from even to >odd pages. >The measures of the logos / pictures prohibit a solution just by >putting >them in the header or footer. > >Does anyone have an idea how to solve this problem? >Thanks in advance, >Ole > > > >_______________________________________________ >ntg-context mailing list >ntg-context@ntg.nl >http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context > >