Re: Ramistic schemata

[Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>]

Charles P. Schaum wrote:
> Greetings,
> 
> I have been using ConTeXt since April, plain TeX since March, and
> LaTeX/LyX for about a year. I have been working on multilingual texts
> and, until the recent permutations of Word, no WYSIWYG product, with the
> possible exception of Mellel for Hebrew, did any good job. Now I don't
> like WYSIWYG anymore but use such products for work.
> 
> I have been able to create near-optimal reproductions of Ramistic
> schemata using ConTeXt because the \showboxes toggle is most helpful in
> showing where I need to put whitespace. The following may indeed be
> crude, i.e., not computing box height and other sophisticated stuff, but
> I'm a n00b and have not read the TeXbook through, although that and TeX
> by topic are both a vade mecum.
> 
> Here's the code, FWIW. Use it as you like. It started out as plain TeX
> using Kile on Ubuntu, migrated to ConTeXt in TeXshop/MacTeX, and came
> back to Kile after I found an xml file for katepart that allowed for
> proper syntax highlighting.

the following may save you some keying ... (max width combined with auto 
fit with)


\defineframed[schemabox][align=flushleft,width=.25\textwidth,offset=none,frame=on,autowidth=force]

\tfx
{\tfa I. SCHEMA}\par
\schema  % top level schema
	{
		\schemabox{Subjectum theologi\ae{} est Notitia Dei.\ Considerat ergo, 
Dei, vel}
	}
	{13ex}
	{
		\blank[big]
		\schema  % first nested schema
		{
			\schemabox[width=3cm]{{\sc Essentiam}, in}
		}
		{5ex}
		{
			\schemabox{Unitate natur\ae{}.\\Trinitate personarum.\\Operibus ad 
intra.}
		}

(you can turn the frame off and hav ethe added benefits of framed like 
color and background and such)

> Charles
> 
> -----Cut Here-----
> 
> 
> \def\schema#1#2#3{\hbox{$\vcenter{#1}\left\{\vbox to
> #2{\vfil}\right.\vcenter{#3}$}}
> 
> \def\altschema#1#2#3#4{\hbox{$\vcenter{#1}{\left\lmoustache\vbox to
> #2{\vfil}\right.\atop\left\rmoustache\vbox to
> #3{\vfil}\right.}\vcenter{#4}$}}
> 
> %\showboxes
> 
> \starttext
> \tfx
> {\tfa I. SCHEMA}\par
> \schema  % top level schema
> 	{
> 		\hbox{Subjectum theolo-}
> 		\hbox{gi\ae{} est Notitia}
> 		\hbox{Dei. Considerat}
> 		\hbox{ergo, Dei, vel}
> 	}
> 	{13ex}
> 	{
> 		\blank[big]
> 		\schema  % first nested schema
> 		{
> 			\hbox{{\sc Essentiam}, in}
> 		}
> 		{5ex}
> 		{
> 			\hbox{Unitate natur\ae{}.}
> 			\hbox{Trinitate personarum.}
> 			\hbox{Operibus ad intra.}
> 		}
> 		\blank[medium]
> 		\schema  % second nested schema
> 		{
> 			\hbox{{\sc Voluntatem},}
> 			\hbox{manifestatam in}
> 			\hbox{operibus ad extra;}
> 			\hbox{ut in}
> 		}
> 		{12ex}
> 		{
> 			\hbox{Creatione.}
> 			\hbox{Sustentatione natur\ae{} laps\ae{}.}
> 			\hbox{Reparatione.}
> 			\hbox{Conversione.}
> 			\hbox{Justificatione.}
> 			\hbox{Sanctificatione \&}
> 			\hbox{Glorificatione ejusdem.}
> 		}
> 	}
> \page
> {\tfa II. SCHEMA}\par
> \altschema %
> {
> 	\blank[7*big]
> 	\hbox{Subjectum \&}
> 	\hbox{summa univer-}
> 	\hbox{s\ae{} Scriptur\ae{},}
> 	\hbox{est {\sc Cogni-}}
> 	\hbox{{\sc tio} vel}
> }
> {29ex}
> {10ex}
> {
> 	\altschema %
> 	{
> 		\hbox{{\sc Dei}, qua-}
> 		\hbox{lis sit, aut}
> 	}
> 	{10ex}
> 	{2ex}
> 	{
> 		\blank[big]
> 		\schema %
> 		{
> 			\hbox{{\sc Per se}:}
> 			\hbox{scilicet.}
> 		}
> 		{3.1ex}
> 		{
> 			\hbox{Unus in essentia.}
> 			\hbox{Trinus in personis.}
> 		}
> 		\blank[medium]
> 		\schema %
> 		{
> 			\hbox{Ad hominem}
> 			\hbox{quem vel}
> 		}
> 		{13ex}
> 		{
> 			\hbox{Accusat \& terret, {\sc Per Legem},}
> 			\hbox{Consolatur \& erigit, {\sc Per Evangelium}.}
> 			\hbox{Salvat, {\sc Per Christum}.}
> 			\hbox{Renovat, {\sc Per Spiritum Sanctum}.}
> 			\hbox{Sanctificat, {\sc Per Verbum} \& {Sacramenta}.}
> 			\hbox{Castigat, tentat \& exercet, {\sc Per Crucem}.}
> 			\hbox{Glorificat {\sc Per Resurrectionem Carnis}}
> 			\hbox{{\sc Ad Vitam \AE{}ternam}.}
> 		}
> 	}
> 	\altschema %
> 	{
> 		\blank[6*big]
> 		\hbox{{\sc Hominis},}
> 		\hbox{qualis sit}
> 	}
> 	{22ex}
> 	{3ex}
> 	{
> 		\altschema %
> 		{
> 			\hbox{{\sc Per se}:}
> 		}
> 		{6ex}
> 		{1ex}
> 		{
> 			\blank[2*big]
> 			\hbox{Ante lapsum.}
> 			\blank[big]
> 			\altschema %
> 			{
> 				\hbox{Post lapsum:}
> 			}
> 			{5ex}
> 			{2ex}
> 			{
> 				\hbox{Ante Regenerationem \&}
> 				\hbox{Renovationem S. Sancti.}
> 				\blank[small]
> 				\hbox{Post Regenerationem \&}
> 				\hbox{Renovationem S. Sancti.}
> 				\blank[2*small]
> 			}
> 		\blank[big]
> 		}
> 		\schema %
> 		{
> 			\hbox{Ad}
> 		}
> 		{18ex}
> 		{
> 			\schema %
> 			{
> 				\hbox{{\sc Deum}}
> 			}
> 			{14ex}
> 			{
> 				\hbox{P\oe{}nitentia agens, agnitis peccatis \& ira}
> 				\hbox{Dei cognita {\sc Ex Lege}.}
> 				\hbox{Erigens se {\sc Voce Evangelii}.}
> 				\hbox{Credens {\sc In Christum Salvatorem}.}
> 				\hbox{Non repugnans {\sc Spiritui Sancto} impellenti.}
> 				\hbox{Audiens {\sc Verbum}: \& utens {\sc Sacramentis}.}
> 				\hbox{Patienter \& constanter sufferens {\sc Crucem}.}
> 				\hbox{Sperans \& expectans glorificationem {\sc In}}
> 				\hbox{{\sc Resurrectione Carnis Ad Vitam \AE{}ternam}.}
> 			}
> 			\blank[medium]
> 			\schema %
> 			{
> 				\hbox{seipsum ratione}
> 			}
> 			{3.1ex}
> 			{
> 				\hbox{Anim\ae{} vel}
> 				\hbox{Corporis}
> 			}
> 			\schema %
> 			{
> 				\hbox{Proximum,}
> 			}
> 			{6ex}
> 			{
> 				\blank[medium]
> 				\schema %
> 				{
> 					\hbox{Amicum ratione vel}
> 				}
> 				{7ex}
> 				{
> 					\hbox{Religionis.}
> 					\hbox{Politic\ae{} \& Oeconomic\ae {}.}
> 					\hbox{Cognationis.}
> 					\hbox{Agnationis.}
> 				}
> 				\hbox{Inimicum.}
> 				\blank[3*big]
> 			}
> 			\blank[big]
> 		}
> 	}
> }
> 
> 
> \stoptext
> 
> 
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