From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/16568 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Willi Egger Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: positioning layers again Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 21:24:58 +0200 Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Message-ID: <415C5D8A.2030703@boede.nl> References: <20040930081718.GB14329@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 1096572314 3285 80.91.229.6 (30 Sep 2004 19:25:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 19:25:14 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Thu Sep 30 21:25:00 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 1CD6Y0-0008Vl-00 for ; Thu, 30 Sep 2004 21:25:00 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A37A12788; Thu, 30 Sep 2004 21:25:00 +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 16236-01; Thu, 30 Sep 2004 21:24:58 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA0CE1277F; Thu, 30 Sep 2004 21:24:57 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C4841277F for ; Thu, 30 Sep 2004 21:24:56 +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 16089-05 for ; Thu, 30 Sep 2004 21:24:55 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from smtp-vbr5.xs4all.nl (unknown [194.109.24.25]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3A3D12777 for ; Thu, 30 Sep 2004 21:24:55 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from [192.168.0.1] (a80-126-172-1.adsl.xs4all.nl [80.126.172.1]) by smtp-vbr5.xs4all.nl (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i8UJOtk9019291 for ; Thu, 30 Sep 2004 21:24:55 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from w.egger@boede.nl) User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7 (Windows/20040616) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en Original-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users In-Reply-To: <20040930081718.GB14329@cebitec.uni-bielefeld.de> X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner 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:16568 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:16568 Hi Eckhart, I believe that the most convenient way of making your work available=20 would be to put the essentials into the Wiki: http://contextgarden.net/Context/show/HomePage I would say that just these newer features could profit from examples! Kind regards Willi Eckhart Guth=F6hrlein wrote: > Hi all, >=20 > I have managed to create my poster, arranging stuff on the page using > layers. But I have to admit that I have used hard-coded coordinates for > all layers. (I used a metapost grid in the background for measuring and > aligning in the draft version.) If anybody is interested, I can make th= e > poster and the source available online after the conference. > I don't want to be nerving, but to make things easier in the future, I > would like to repeat my question: How to position layers relative to > each other, not relative to a common coordinate origin? (So that you > don't have to move subsequent layers if some box changes its height > etc.) > I have experimented a bit with the stuff in the 'positional graphics' > chapter of the metafun manual, but didn't make it. So, thanks for hints > and suggestions. >=20 > Regards,