From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/34525 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: James Buchanan Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Which manual for basic drawing? Date: Wed, 02 May 2007 16:18:46 +1000 Message-ID: <46382D46.5020300@internode.on.net> References: <46373EE1.6050700@internode.on.net> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1178086752 16945 80.91.229.12 (2 May 2007 06:19:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 2 May 2007 06:19:12 +0000 (UTC) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Wed May 02 08:19:09 2007 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 lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Hj8BA-0001LZ-MC for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Wed, 02 May 2007 08:19:08 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA91C1FF4F; Wed, 2 May 2007 08:19:07 +0200 (CEST) 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 14918-07; Wed, 2 May 2007 08:19:02 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id D85F01FEB0; Wed, 2 May 2007 08:19:01 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id DFA1E1FEB0 for ; Wed, 2 May 2007 08:18:59 +0200 (CEST) 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 14828-02 for ; Wed, 2 May 2007 08:18:58 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from mail.internode.on.net (bld-mail01.adl2.internode.on.net [203.16.214.65]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id C62E11FEAF for ; Wed, 2 May 2007 08:18:55 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from [10.1.1.2] (unverified [59.167.18.37]) by mail.internode.on.net (SurgeMail 3.8f2) with ESMTP id 278468677-1927428 for ; Wed, 02 May 2007 15:48:50 +0930 (CST) User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (Windows/20070221) In-Reply-To: X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 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:34525 Archived-At: Aditya Mahajan wrote: > Here is an example: > > \setupcolors[state=start] > > \def\solutionbox > {\dosingleempty\dosolutionbox} > > \def\dosolutionbox[#1]% > {\mframed[width=2em,background=color,backgroundcolor=lightgreen,#1] > {\strut}} > > > \starttext [cut] > \stoptext > > Aditya Thanks everyone for your input. I think I have enough to go on now. It does seem MetaPost is easiest, but quickly gets complicated. I have not seen any simple geometry examples labeling angles, for example. I suppose though I can figure out those things for myself when I get some more practice in. Is there a book on ConTeXt that starts from the beginning like layout of the page, setup of colors, and things like that, then typing in text, and finally drawing, fonts, inclusion of graphics and things like that? Thanks again for everyone's generous help, Aditya and Thomas. James Buchanan ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________