From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/63559 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Peter Davis Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Placing boxes anywhere on the page Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 16:16:33 -0500 Message-ID: References: <20101116204116.GA15796@micropit.couberia.bzh> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============0483604055==" X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1289942213 26817 80.91.229.12 (16 Nov 2010 21:16:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 21:16:53 +0000 (UTC) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Tue Nov 16 22:16:45 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 1PIStN-0004GK-SM for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Tue, 16 Nov 2010 22:16:41 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 39BACCA85A; Tue, 16 Nov 2010 22:16:41 +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 IsORsB9tjvU2; Tue, 16 Nov 2010 22:16:38 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36669CA850; Tue, 16 Nov 2010 22:16:38 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 435D1CA850 for ; Tue, 16 Nov 2010 22:16:37 +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 PWLHU1b-NTAE for ; Tue, 16 Nov 2010 22:16:34 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from filter4-til.mf.surf.net (filter4-til.mf.surf.net [194.171.167.220]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id E2315CA84F for ; Tue, 16 Nov 2010 22:16:34 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from mail-gx0-f169.google.com (mail-gx0-f169.google.com [209.85.161.169]) by filter4-til.mf.surf.net (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5+lenny1) with ESMTP id oAGLGXUj021894 for ; Tue, 16 Nov 2010 22:16:34 +0100 Original-Received: by gxk7 with SMTP id 7so772781gxk.14 for ; Tue, 16 Nov 2010 13:16:33 -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 :in-reply-to:references:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject :from:to:content-type; bh=CyAIHDwqjAJqSRCCk4iAiEsHE596cxTQSYjAvL8UVI0=; b=iL2w8291S5O973SbYAogjnZX5Fm3FyAU4fu5q7mN9D7vRbbyNmCUZbNUfbJrvujFJf 5jHRyrEt8IfY3pXCcZ4Kz++9Z7NJrcqug4rMbgJSdza/9zhHr8lllHS9ywfBeEqh12f7 cPtQGRSxUO0IFiDX9Wj6sIrL5QXmtAWWEROYk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; b=R1JoYVvzhmGZUdth+WU6O82kHP3Z2k81UxN1SNBdh0kd7TZK2wxz1SjGiEh+F0diOd SNCNbRRTge/QlBFLB7UlfRiJpnqZIyIhWU9fwuH+iOopzxQIC5QEtzMc6GV9KnLCyalo v24ArqgxkrJD0Lt52qnOsg7HmevxCx+aVgfWA= Original-Received: by 10.101.136.29 with SMTP id o29mr5490478ann.58.1289942193237; Tue, 16 Nov 2010 13:16:33 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.100.133.20 with HTTP; Tue, 16 Nov 2010 13:16:33 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20101116204116.GA15796@micropit.couberia.bzh> X-Google-Sender-Auth: 1uU5UaQb3utrn5YA89bMB6Srz-g X-Bayes-Prob: 0.0001 (Score 0, tokens from: @@RPTN) X-CanIt-Geo: ip=209.85.161.169; 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: 05DvVgx1d - 0737c80f4002 - 20101116 X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 194.171.167.216 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:63559 Archived-At: --===============0483604055== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=0016e68fa6b1356ffd04953212ff --0016e68fa6b1356ffd04953212ff Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 3:41 PM, Peter M=FCnster wrote: > On Tue, Nov 16 2010, Peter Davis wrote: > > > 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 t= o > > specify absolute coordinates, rather than just position relative to the > > current baseline. > > Layers or overlays are certainly the right method. But there is also the > \position macro: > Thanks! I didn't find much in the ConTeXt reference manual on this. Is there more info somewhere? Thank you. -pd --0016e68fa6b1356ffd04953212ff Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 3:41 PM, Peter M= =FCnster <pmlists@f= ree.fr> wrote:
On Tue, Nov 16 2010, Peter Davis wrote:
> Is there a way to place a box at some specified x and y position on th= e
> page, 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 = ability to
> specify absolute coordinates, rather than just position relative to th= e
> current baseline.

Layers or overlays are certainly the right method. But there is= also the
\position macro:

Thanks! =A0I didn'= t find much in the ConTeXt reference manual on this. =A0Is there more info = somewhere?

Thank you.

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