From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/20474 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Thomas A. Schmitz" Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: presentations in ConTeXt Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 19:52:38 +0200 Message-ID: <9EA19B5C-0590-49C8-B397-0DDF02B0E53F@uni-bonn.de> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v730) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1116870778 15855 80.91.229.2 (23 May 2005 17:52:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 17:52:58 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Mon May 23 19:52:51 2005 Return-path: 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 1DaH5U-0001gg-0G for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Mon, 23 May 2005 19:51:36 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4709D127D2; Mon, 23 May 2005 19:53:08 +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 17331-06-6; Mon, 23 May 2005 19:53:04 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E39C1279F; Mon, 23 May 2005 19:53:04 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id C9BF41279F for ; Mon, 23 May 2005 19:53:03 +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 17331-06-5 for ; Mon, 23 May 2005 19:53:02 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from mailout02.sul.t-online.com (mailout02.sul.t-online.com [194.25.134.17]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id C38111279C for ; Mon, 23 May 2005 19:53:02 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from fwd16.aul.t-online.de by mailout02.sul.t-online.com with smtp id 1DaH6s-0001lT-01; Mon, 23 May 2005 19:53:02 +0200 Original-Received: from [192.168.0.2] (SUjMHaZLre+erboW60D0sMwITpzXhNkPvcw2etqG--SJTtb9hQoLob@[84.177.67.77]) by fwd16.sul.t-online.de with esmtp id 1DaH6j-1M7JZo0; Mon, 23 May 2005 19:52:53 +0200 Original-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.730) X-ID: SUjMHaZLre+erboW60D0sMwITpzXhNkPvcw2etqG--SJTtb9hQoLob@t-dialin.net X-TOI-MSGID: 9457d443-466b-4e18-bbec-1c71ede72067 X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 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-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.3 (2005-04-27) on smtp.ntg.nl X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:20474 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:20474 I've decided to bite the bullet and do my presentations in ConTeXt this term. So far, I'm quite satisfied. I've done only very basic stuff so far (if you're interested, you can have a look at http:// www.uni-bonn.de/www/Philologie/Personal/Schmitz/Dateien.html ), but I like the result. The background is just a pdf-image that I created with metapost and reused as a page background (I found this was faster and easier than recalculating it every time...) Things I would like to know: I like the idea of having the small bar showing at which place in the presentations we are (such as in pre-colorful). I'd like it very minimal, though: maybe just grey squares, with the current position being white or yellow. I have a hunch that this could be achieved with \setupinteractionbar, but this command is a bit underdocumented. Hints, anybody? I am still at a loss how to achieve one thing in ConTeXt that was pretty easy in Keynote or (shudder) Powerpoint: When I wanted to highlight something on a map or a picture, I would just draw a red circle around it. What would be the proper way to do this in ConTeXt? Adding a layer with a red circle drawn in Metapost, then positioning it by trial and error? Or can anyone point to a better solution? And lastly: I have never seen transitions working on OS X (both Apple's Preview and Adobe Reader 7.0). Can anybody confirm that they got this working on other systems? Sorry for the long post. I'm hoping for some enlightenment. Best Thomas