Dear list,

Years ago I stumbled upon the work of Jean-Luc Doumont.

He typesets all his=C2=A0documen= ts using TeX, although his modified Version called Quantum. The=C2=A0whole = idea of his fascinating approach is that the page is quantized in 2=C2=A0di= mensions and that all positioning, even graphical elements stick to that=C2= =A0grid. I'm attaching a link to a presentation by him in which he give= s some=C2=A0fragments of code that I, unfortunately, have a hard time under= standing.

Thank you for the pdf!=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0

I'm interested in replicating this 2d grid in Context. How would one go=
about enforcing such strict 2d organization? As I get it he does a lot of manual tweaking, and his documents are less automated and more hand crafted= =C2=A0than a typical Context document.I'm specifically interested in us= ing this=C2=A0approach for report generation.

=C2=A0It wou= ld be wonderful to have, especially for adaptation, personalisation purpose= s.=C2=A0

To me data I/O is not an issue since I=C2=A0would use a Python script t= o generate the markup.

Even though I am not a programm= er, I would like to be of help. For example: brainstorming or testing ideas= .=C2=A0

I hope there are more enthousiasts eager to help. (Thanks= Aditya.)

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I know the question is pretty general, but any pointers would be welcome. Maybe the first thing useful would be the grid and how to position
everything in accordance with it. I envisioned this thread more for
discussion and suggestions than a complete recreation of his ideas. As I learn Context and Metapost, I hope I will figure out how to recreate his work. Sorry for the blog post :)

Link to files:
https://drive.= google.com/drive/folders/1KpYbDlukvSCirKkFvJICOX3wABl_83bW?usp=3Dsharing

Sincerely,
Stefan

Kind regards, Susanne G. Loeber= =C2=A0

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