* XeLaTeX or ConTeXt? [not found] <BANLkTi=WAuTWnKBwHDuMQGcqmqGWBmOPVg@mail.gmail.com> @ 2011-06-10 11:17 ` Peter Davis 2011-06-10 11:26 ` luigi scarso 2011-06-10 11:27 ` Wolfgang Schuster 0 siblings, 2 replies; 3+ messages in thread From: Peter Davis @ 2011-06-10 11:17 UTC (permalink / raw) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users [-- Attachment #1.1: Type: text/plain, Size: 2102 bytes --] I'm still wrestling with this issue of doing InDesign-like documents. Does ConTeXt provide a way to simulate multiple "stories" or flows of text? For example, suppose I have a newspaper with two articles on page 1. One of them continues on page 2, and the other on page 3. Is there a way to do that? Alternatively, I could consider plain TeX or LuaTeX, but I know very little about either of those. I'm prepared to learn, but I'd like to get some hints about what seems like the likliest path to produce this kind of document. Thank you! -pd ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Peter Davis <pfd@pfdstudio.com> Date: Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 5:36 PM Subject: XeLaTeX or ConTeXt? To: texhax <texhax@tug.org> I'm looking for a way to produce InDesign-like documents with TeX. By "InDesign-like," I mean, apart from excellent typography, the abillity to have 'stories' automatically overflow from one container to another, either on the same page or on additional pages, to embed graphics into the text, to copyfit, to wrap text around irregular shapes, etc. I've been working with XeLaTeX, using the Textpos package, which is very useful. However, I think I need to switch to (or add?) the Flowfram package to get automatic overflow handling. I think that will let me get the effect of multiple stories by concatenating the stories together into one document environment, and using explicit frame breaks to start a new 'story.' However, I'm wondering if I should be considering ConTeXt at this point. I keep seeing that it's supposed to provide more sophisticated typographic control than LaTeX, but I don't know what. Is there a way to get this multiple story, automatic overflow effect with ConTeXt? Layers seem a little like text frames, but I don't see anything about overflow. What about copyfitting? Wrapping around irregular shapes? I've looked at the ConTeXt docs, but it seems mostly to be a different way to get the same effects as LaTeX, rather than a way to get a whole new range of effects. Thanks, -pd -- ---- The Tech Curmudgeon http://www.techcurmudgeon.com [-- Attachment #1.2: Type: text/html, Size: 2697 bytes --] [-- Attachment #2: Type: text/plain, Size: 485 bytes --] ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
* Re: XeLaTeX or ConTeXt? 2011-06-10 11:17 ` XeLaTeX or ConTeXt? Peter Davis @ 2011-06-10 11:26 ` luigi scarso 2011-06-10 11:27 ` Wolfgang Schuster 1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread From: luigi scarso @ 2011-06-10 11:26 UTC (permalink / raw) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 1:17 PM, Peter Davis <pfd@pfdstudio.com> wrote: The Subject says "XeLaTeX or ConTeXt ?" and the answer is ConTeXt, of course. At least because not many here know very much XeLaTeX. > I'm still wrestling with this issue of doing InDesign-like documents. Does > ConTeXt provide a way to simulate multiple "stories" or flows of text? For > example, suppose I have a newspaper with two articles on page 1. One of > them continues on page 2, and the other on page 3. Is there a way to do > that? You can see http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Columns#Columnsets and http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/columns.pdf -- luigi ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
* Re: XeLaTeX or ConTeXt? 2011-06-10 11:17 ` XeLaTeX or ConTeXt? Peter Davis 2011-06-10 11:26 ` luigi scarso @ 2011-06-10 11:27 ` Wolfgang Schuster 1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread From: Wolfgang Schuster @ 2011-06-10 11:27 UTC (permalink / raw) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Am 10.06.2011 um 13:17 schrieb Peter Davis: > I'm still wrestling with this issue of doing InDesign-like documents. Does ConTeXt provide a way to simulate multiple "stories" or flows of text? For example, suppose I have a newspaper with two articles on page 1. One of them continues on page 2, and the other on page 3. Is there a way to do that? Not yet because nobody needed this feature yet but the mechanism to write a command for this is available. Wolfgang ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
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