From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/26103 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Johan Sandblom" Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Vertical text in the margin on every page Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 12:06:27 +0100 Message-ID: <97a06f070602210306q53d7b323q@mail.gmail.com> References: <43FAEB1E.5040905@virgilio.it> Reply-To: johan.sandblom@ki.se, mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1140520007 29160 80.91.229.2 (21 Feb 2006 11:06:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 11:06:47 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Tue Feb 21 12:06:44 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 1FBVLo-0002Vs-Lg for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Tue, 21 Feb 2006 12:06:36 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C7EE12796; Tue, 21 Feb 2006 12:06:36 +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 00911-06; Tue, 21 Feb 2006 12:06:33 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4BEB61278A; Tue, 21 Feb 2006 12:06:32 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98FCF1278A for ; Tue, 21 Feb 2006 12:06:30 +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 01079-03 for ; Tue, 21 Feb 2006 12:06:29 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from wproxy.gmail.com (wproxy.gmail.com [64.233.184.203]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with SMTP id 5D14B1276B for ; Tue, 21 Feb 2006 12:06:28 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id i27so1078152wra for ; Tue, 21 Feb 2006 03:06:27 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.64.201.9 with SMTP id y9mr1323644qbf; Tue, 21 Feb 2006 03:06:27 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.64.241.5 with HTTP; Tue, 21 Feb 2006 03:06:27 -0800 (PST) Original-To: "mailing list for ConTeXt users" In-Reply-To: <43FAEB1E.5040905@virgilio.it> Content-Disposition: inline X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.7 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:26103 Archived-At: I have the following in an environment file. In the document I then \def\workingtitle and \def\workdir, and this text is written in the left margin. I am sure you will get better suggestions from others who actually know what they are doing ... Johan \definecolor[logogray][s=.6] \definelogo [mrc] [footer] [leftmargin] [state=start, command=\hbox to 8.5mm{% \hfill% \vbox to \makeupheight{% \hbox{% \framed [width=8.5mm, background=color, backgroundcolor=black, align={middle,lohi}] {\switchtobodyfont[sans,24pt]\rotate{\white\bf MRC}}} \vfill% \hbox{% \vbox{% \switchtobodyfont[sil-gentium,10pt] \logogray{\rotate{\currentdate \workdir}}} \vbox{% \switchtobodyfont[sil-gentium,10pt] \logogray{\rotate{'\workingtitle' text text text text}}}} \hbox{\vbox to 3mm{}} \hbox{% \framed [width=8.5mm, background=color, backgroundcolor=black, align={middle,lohi}] {\switchtobodyfont[sans,24pt]\rotate{\white\bf MRC}}}} \hfill}] 2006/2/21, Jilani Khaldi : > Hi, > In a technical report I need to put a vertical text on every page of the > document in the right margin. This 2 lines text should be written in a > little font. I have struggled for a while with ConTeXt but could'nt get > a good result. Any hint? > Thanks! > jk > > _______________________________________________ > ntg-context mailing list > ntg-context@ntg.nl > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context > -- Johan Sandblom N8, MRC, Karolinska sjh t +46851776108 17176 Stockholm m +46735521477 Sweden "What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out, which is the exact opposite" - Bertrand Russell