From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/16546 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Hans Hagen Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Poster with layers Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 10:54:09 +0200 Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Message-ID: <4157D531.5070701@wxs.nl> References: <20040927083516.GA9633@cebitec.uni-bielefeld.de> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1096275274 4058 80.91.229.6 (27 Sep 2004 08:54:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 08:54:34 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Mon Sep 27 10:54:17 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CBrGz-0006OS-00 for ; Mon, 27 Sep 2004 10:54:17 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id DDCF712796; Mon, 27 Sep 2004 10:54:16 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ronja.vet.uu.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 25210-08-4; Mon, 27 Sep 2004 10:54:14 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD9CC12792; Mon, 27 Sep 2004 10:54:14 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 76A5212792 for ; Mon, 27 Sep 2004 10:54:13 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ronja.vet.uu.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 25210-08-3 for ; Mon, 27 Sep 2004 10:54:11 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from mailrelay01.solcon.nl (unknown [212.45.32.200]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id D4A1B1278F for ; Mon, 27 Sep 2004 10:54:11 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from server-1.pragma-net.nl (dsl-212-84-128-085.solcon.nl [212.84.128.85]) by mailrelay01.solcon.nl (8.12.11/SQL-8.12.11-5/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i8R8s9rI003380 for ; Mon, 27 Sep 2004 10:54:09 +0200 Original-Received: by server-1.pragma-net.nl (Postfix, from userid 65534) id 473742EB36; Mon, 27 Sep 2004 10:54:11 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from [10.100.1.191] (unknown [10.100.1.191]) by server-1.pragma-net.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB46310C36 for ; Mon, 27 Sep 2004 08:54:09 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.6 (Windows/20040502) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en Original-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users In-Reply-To: <20040927083516.GA9633@cebitec.uni-bielefeld.de> X-Virus-Scanned: clamd / ClamAV version 0.73, clamav-milter version 0.73a on mailrelay01.solcon.nl X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 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 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:16546 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:16546 Eckhart Guth=F6hrlein wrote: > Hi all, >=20 > I have to prepare a scientific poster, and of cause using anything > except TeX is below a real scientist's dignity. > The main problem is that I have to arrange content rather freely on the > page, without the regularity imposed by using tables or columns. Using > layers for this purpose is probably best. I have started with something > like: >=20 > \definelayer[ModelingLayer] > \setupbackgrounds[page][background=3DModelingLayer] > \setlayer[ModelingLayer][position=3Dno,x=3D1cm,y=3D1cm]{% > \framed{Whatever}} layers are ok for that, \starttext \useMPlibrary[dum] \setuppapersize [A1][A1] \setupcolors [state=3Dstart] \definelayer [page] [width=3D\paperwidth, height=3D\paperheight] \setupbackgrounds [page] [background=3Dpage] \startstandardmakeup \startbuffer \input ward \stopbuffer \setlayerframed [page] [preset=3Dlefttop] [align=3Dnormal, width=3D.25\paperwidth, frame=3Doff] {\getbuffer} \setlayerframed [page] [offset=3D.2\paperwidth, preset=3Drighttop] [width=3D.2\paperwidth, align=3Dnormal] {\getbuffer} \setlayerframed [page] [preset=3Dmiddle] [offset=3D1cm] {\externalfigure[whatever][width=3D4cm,height=3D5cm]} \stopstandardmakeup \stoptext ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------