From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/63552 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Peter Davis Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Placing boxes anywhere on the page Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 15:06:24 -0500 Message-ID: Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============1972035717==" X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1289937999 4854 80.91.229.12 (16 Nov 2010 20:06:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 20:06:39 +0000 (UTC) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Tue Nov 16 21:06:35 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([195.12.62.10]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PIRnW-00005s-G9 for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Tue, 16 Nov 2010 21:06:34 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 729A5CA873; Tue, 16 Nov 2010 21:06:33 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id sUZSSXU52sG9; Tue, 16 Nov 2010 21:06:30 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5CF7CCA86C; Tue, 16 Nov 2010 21:06:30 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4CF26CA86C for ; Tue, 16 Nov 2010 21:06:29 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id vgf4M6jXzcCK for ; Tue, 16 Nov 2010 21:06:26 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from filter5-ams.mf.surf.net (filter5-ams.mf.surf.net [192.87.102.73]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 182BDCA864 for ; Tue, 16 Nov 2010 21:06:26 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from mail-gw0-f41.google.com (mail-gw0-f41.google.com [74.125.83.41]) by filter5-ams.mf.surf.net (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5+lenny1) with ESMTP id oAGK6Oih007276 for ; Tue, 16 Nov 2010 21:06:25 +0100 Original-Received: by gwj16 with SMTP id 16so696540gwj.14 for ; Tue, 16 Nov 2010 12:06:24 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:sender:received:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=BOa/ILI73g1YHy4HV/oJQfxfkTwKLdZmzQ3pLDpCLTM=; b=mj/zaw9AylfGxTVsOH1ZmH4ot8hL+5jzU2gED5sPsjJMJ4Itb7Kkg3C/ixfUeeZ8Gw yULIzLZyaAKpxgVWkrVDSVIMr37O5pmeAIHxo6Pzt3JtxXT3cnK4ikhaS1TbggxaYfG5 zHiK2ymESowycCDTqf103C3u6ksb18rGS/03o= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject :from:to:content-type; b=Ayruqm+G263/Abi771pRahorbqXRy5cDxcGKk1Fh6+dlh2b8GmVEMPXDQmQpTTVP0r A7iKErkfZ4hgrZLlMpvoOUPCJCGhHgEKlUGB8HKROUaBuXzXaXx1R4j43gOGTNhEta2G uCWvYv3diwgAlqXuiGl9/NdHxgAKhtKwoRNYo= Original-Received: by 10.100.153.4 with SMTP id a4mr3451155ane.228.1289937984341; Tue, 16 Nov 2010 12:06:24 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.100.133.20 with HTTP; Tue, 16 Nov 2010 12:06:24 -0800 (PST) X-Google-Sender-Auth: RPgG6WTn2P2jGE6VpSDH_jVU_18 X-Bayes-Prob: 0.0001 (Score 0, tokens from: @@RPTN) X-CanIt-Geo: ip=74.125.83.41; 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: 0BDvU6pOL - f0d5afcc3253 - 20101116 X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 192.87.102.73 X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 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 Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:63552 Archived-At: --===============1972035717== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=0016e64084c056c84b04953117ad --0016e64084c056c84b04953117ad Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Is there a way to place a box at some specified x and y position on the page, and then typeset one or more paragraphs of text into the box? I guess I'm thinking of something like LaTeX's minipage, but with the ability to specify absolute coordinates, rather than just position relative to the current baseline. Thank you, -pd --0016e64084c056c84b04953117ad Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Is there a way to place a box at some specified x and y position on the pag= e, and then typeset one or more paragraphs of text into the box? =A0I guess= I'm thinking of something like LaTeX's minipage, but with the abil= ity to specify absolute coordinates, rather than just position relative to = the current baseline.

Thank you,

-pd
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