From: Sietse Brouwer <sbbrouwer@gmail.com>
To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Subject: Re: Makeup layout
Date: Wed, 15 May 2013 13:57:50 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAF=dkzzYVjZ0OQ_y6wUpRttaHbSwz_OKX5OdU7xt_2Pdv+-zoA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8BFB011E-2156-40B4-B794-24E746811A95@gmail.com>
Hi Andrew,
Andrew wrote:
> I have heard that layers can be used. But there
> is no section on layers in the current reference
> manual. Where does one find information on this
> aspect of ConTeXt?
You are right that there is no complete, from-the-ground-up,
description and explanation of the layers mechanism. A reasonably good
text, however, is in the MetaFun manual [1,2]: section 5.3 (Positional
graphics > More layers).
The "Pseudo columns" (pdfpages 11-13) section of the "It's in the
details" manual [13 is shorter and covers only a few specific use
cases, but it's a nice little start and has some information that the
MetaFun manual does not have. The MWE below is based mainly on that
text. NB: I rarely use layers, so the MWE may not reflect best
practices.
[1] print version: http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/metafun-p.pdf
[2] screen version: http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/metafun-s.pdf
[3] http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/details.pdf
I hope this will help you on your way a bit! Best wishes,
Sietse
\setuppapersize[A6]
\setuplayout
[columns=3, % add a horizontal grid, 3 equal columns
columndistance=12pt,]% 12 pt(?) distance between them
% The layer `textlayer` will be the background
% of the `text` typesetting area.
\definelayer[textlayer]
\setupbackgrounds [text] [background=textlayer]
\showgrid % make the mechanism visible
\starttext
% Start the title page, sans page number etc.
\startstandardmakeup
% Using column and line positions the left end of the box's
% baseline
\setlayer [textlayer] [column=3,line=10,location=grid]
{\ruledvtop {\hsize\layoutcolumnwidth
\definedfont[Regular sa 2]nitty-\par gritty}}
% Using x and y offsets the top left of the box from the top
% left corner
\setlayer [textlayer] [x=1cm, y=1cm]
{\blackrule[width=1cm, height=1cm]}
\setlayer [textlayer] [x=1cm, line=10]
{\ruledvtop {\hsize\layoutcolumnwidth
\definedfont[Regular sa 2]This \par is}}
\stopstandardmakeup
\stoptext
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2013-05-15 3:01 Andrew Bernard
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