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(p5B2958FB.dip.t-dialin.net [91.41.88.251]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id p17sm1598292fka.10.2009.04.07.23.45.34 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Tue, 07 Apr 2009 23:45:41 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <440786.17801.qm@web30005.mail.mud.yahoo.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.930.3) X-Bayes-Prob: 0.0001 (Score 0, tokens from: @@RPTN) X-CanIt-Geo: ip=209.85.218.178; country=US; region=CA; city=Mountain View; postalcode=94043; latitude=37.4192; longitude=-122.0574; metrocode=807; areacode=650; http://maps.google.com/maps?q=37.4192,-122.0574&z=6 X-CanItPRO-Stream: uu:ntg-context@ntg.nl (inherits from uu:default, base:default) X-Canit-Stats-ID: 205568709 - bdbf3e20b073 - 20090408 X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 195.169.124.154 X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 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:49176 Archived-At: Am 08.04.2009 um 01:10 schrieb Jos van Gisbergen: > Hi, > > I'm experimenting with context for a few weeks now and am impressed > by its possibilities and clean results. However, everything I want > to try > out seems to take a lot of trial and error to get right. > Especially creating a titlepage for a book, a backgound picture > covering > the entire page with some text on it -- I cannot for the life of me > figure > out how it's done. Even after googling many hours and perusing the > manuals. I've tried permutations of layers, overlays and > setupbackgrounds > within and without {start/stop}standardmakeup -- nothing quite does > it. > Can somebody please show me a simple example of how to create > a book cover with a picture covering the entire page and a title > text on it? \starttext \defineoverlay[coverimage][\ifnum\realpageno=\plusone \overlayfigure{cover}\fi] \setupbackgrounds[page][background=coverimage] \startstandardmakeup bla bla bla \stopstandardmakeup \input knuth \stoptext or \starttext \defineoverlay[coverimage][\ifnum\realpageno=\plusone \overlayfigure{cover}\fi] \definelayer[covertext][width=\paperwidth,height=\paperheight] \setupbackgrounds[page][background={coverimage,covertext}] \startstandardmakeup \setlayer[covertext][x=3cm,y=6cm]{bla bla bla} \stopstandardmakeup \input knuth \stoptext 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 : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________