Back to sidebars.

Back to sidebars.

[John R. Culleton]

Some time back (maybe three years ago) Hans showed me a way to
create a sidebar, with optional background and hanging out half
way into the margin. Now I would like to encapsulate the commands
into a simple \start \stop sequence. But I don't know how to do
it. 

Hans started off with some definitions:

\setupfloat
   [intermezzo]
   [leftmargindistance=-\outercombitotal,
    rightmargindistance=-\outercombitotal,
    default={outer,high}]
\setupcaption[intermezzo][location=none]

\defineframedtext
   [myohmy]
   [width=6cm,bodyfont=small,
frame=off,
backgroundcorner=round, 
backgroundradius=16pt,background=screen,backgroundscreen=.7]


Then he called these two definitions with a sequence like:
(some text)
\placeintermezzo{}{\startmyohmy\input dawkins \relax\stopmyohmy}
(some text)

What I would like to do is boil down the last mentioned command
sequence into

\startsidebar
(some text)
\stopsidebar

But I am stumped by the task. If there were a \startintermezzo
and \stopintermezzo pairing then the task would be simpler.

John Culleton

Re: Back to sidebars.

[John R. Culleton]

On Monday 05 December 2005 11:28 am, John R. Culleton wrote:
> Some time back (maybe three years ago) Hans showed me a way to
> create a sidebar, with optional background and hanging out half
> way into the margin. Now I would like to encapsulate the commands
> into a simple \start \stop sequence. But I don't know how to do
> it.
>
> Hans started off with some definitions:
>
> \setupfloat
>    [intermezzo]
>    [leftmargindistance=-\outercombitotal,
>     rightmargindistance=-\outercombitotal,
>     default={outer,high}]
> \setupcaption[intermezzo][location=none]
>
> \defineframedtext
>    [myohmy]
>    [width=6cm,bodyfont=small,
> frame=off,
> backgroundcorner=round,
> backgroundradius=16pt,background=screen,backgroundscreen=.7]
>
>
> Then he called these two definitions with a sequence like:
> (some text)
> \placeintermezzo{}{\startmyohmy\input dawkins \relax\stopmyohmy}
> (some text)
>
> What I would like to do is boil down the last mentioned command
> sequence into
>
> \startsidebar
> (some text)
> \stopsidebar
>
> But I am stumped by the task. If there were a \startintermezzo
> and \stopintermezzo pairing then the task would be simpler.
>
> John Culleton

After writing the above I went back to my roots and came up with
this:

\long\def\sidebar#1{\placeintermezzo{}{\startmyohmy #1 \relax\stopmyohmy}}

...which seems to work. Can anyone find a hole in this method?

Thanks,

John C.

Re: Back to sidebars.

[Taco Hoekwater]

Hi,

John R. Culleton wrote:
> 
> \long\def\sidebar#1{\placeintermezzo{}{\startmyohmy #1 \relax\stopmyohmy}}
> 
> ...which seems to work. Can anyone find a hole in this method?

Should be fine. If you like \start ... stop pairs, you can also do
it like this if you prefer:

   \long\def\startJCsidebar#1\stopJCsidebar%
      {\placeintermezzo{}{\startmyohmy #1 \relax\stopmyohmy}}

There already is a sidebar mechanism, so \startsidebar is 'taken'.

Cheers, Taco

Re: Back to sidebars.

[Willi Egger]

Hi,

since wich version is this command in the distro?
At least in my case with ConTeXt  ver: 2005.11.16  fmt: 2005.11.17  
there is not.

Willi

Taco Hoekwater wrote:

>
> Hi,
>
> John R. Culleton wrote:
>
>>
>> \long\def\sidebar#1{\placeintermezzo{}{\startmyohmy #1 
>> \relax\stopmyohmy}}
>>
>> ...which seems to work. Can anyone find a hole in this method?
>
>
> Should be fine. If you like \start ... stop pairs, you can also do
> it like this if you prefer:
>
>   \long\def\startJCsidebar#1\stopJCsidebar%
>      {\placeintermezzo{}{\startmyohmy #1 \relax\stopmyohmy}}
>
> There already is a sidebar mechanism, so \startsidebar is 'taken'.
>
> Cheers, Taco
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Re: Back to sidebars.

[Taco Hoekwater]

Willi Egger wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> since wich version is this command in the distro?
> At least in my case with ConTeXt  ver: 2005.11.16  fmt: 2005.11.17  
> there is not.

It is defined in plus-rul.tex, activated by

   \usemodule[plus]

I don't know whether it is documented or not, i found
it by grep-ping the context source files. (that is a
routine action for me: it helps prevent redefinitions)

Cheers, Taco

Re: Back to sidebars.

[Willi Egger]

Aha! Thanks Taco!

Willi

Taco Hoekwater wrote:

> Willi Egger wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> since wich version is this command in the distro?
>> At least in my case with ConTeXt  ver: 2005.11.16  fmt: 2005.11.17  
>> there is not.
>
>
> It is defined in plus-rul.tex, activated by
>
>   \usemodule[plus]
>
> I don't know whether it is documented or not, i found
> it by grep-ping the context source files. (that is a
> routine action for me: it helps prevent redefinitions)
>
> Cheers, Taco
>
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