From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/25099 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Bob Kerstetter Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: framed texts for boxing stuff Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 14:07:57 -0600 Message-ID: <41C853A5-D7FC-45A5-9B37-3CD91148737C@mac.com> References: <43BEA6CF.1070800@gmx.net> <89EB6AFB-2C67-4BC4-B141-C04D7F5A25E5@science.uva.nl> <43BFB90C.6060308@wxs.nl> <227466F7-6C41-47B4-A3B1-525D68788F02@free.fr> <43C2407F.1090303@wxs.nl> <36434073-921C-4BAA-889F-55CEB61C8F5C@free.fr> <43C2EB3D.1000301@wxs.nl> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v746.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1137010274 26006 80.91.229.2 (11 Jan 2006 20:11:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 20:11:14 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Wed Jan 11 21:11:10 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EwmIk-0005dg-C5 for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Wed, 11 Jan 2006 21:10:34 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA639127BF; Wed, 11 Jan 2006 21:10:31 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 18860-01; Wed, 11 Jan 2006 21:10:31 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id D09C0127B2; Wed, 11 Jan 2006 21:07:58 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7488B127B2 for ; Wed, 11 Jan 2006 21:07:57 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 18561-04 for ; Wed, 11 Jan 2006 21:07:56 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from smtpout.mac.com (smtpout.mac.com [17.250.248.85]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with SMTP id 05D06127A3 for ; Wed, 11 Jan 2006 21:07:51 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from mac.com (smtpin01-en2 [10.13.10.146]) by smtpout.mac.com (Xserve/8.12.11/smtpout03/MantshX 4.0) with ESMTP id k0BK7n5J019383 for ; Wed, 11 Jan 2006 12:07:50 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from [192.168.1.116] (ppp-70-247-126-208.dsl.rcsntx.swbell.net [70.247.126.208]) (authenticated bits=0) by mac.com (Xserve/smtpin01/MantshX 4.0) with ESMTP id k0BK7m0q020075 for ; Wed, 11 Jan 2006 12:07:49 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <43C2EB3D.1000301@wxs.nl> Original-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.746.2) X-Virus-Scanned: 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: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:25099 Archived-At: On Jan 9, 2006, at 5:01 PM, Hans Hagen wrote: > hm, i prefer to start from user demands and personal needs; we used > latex for a very short time and i don't remember mini pages -) a minipage is a box, but i think it's in paragraph mode. \begin{minipage}[position]{width} text \end{minipage} Put two together \begin{minipage}[t]{.30\linewidth} text and images \end{minipage}\hfill % \begin{minipage}[t]{.60\linewidth} text and images \end{minipage} and you get two boxes horizontally across the page with the hfill space between them Put three together: \begin{minipage}[t]{.30\linewidth} text and images \end{minipage}\hfill % \begin{minipage}[t]{.30\linewidth} text and images \end{minipage}\hfill % \begin{minipage}[t]{.30\linewidth} text and images \end{minipage} and you get three boxes horizontally across the page with the hfill space between them Their vertical dimensions depend on the amount of content. They don't cross page breaks.