From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/81952 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Aditya Mahajan Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Is fine-grained grid control possible? Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 09:58:47 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: References: <20130419082923.GH25092@weber> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; Format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1366379941 3658 80.91.229.3 (19 Apr 2013 13:59:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 13:59:01 +0000 (UTC) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Fri Apr 19 15:59:02 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([195.12.62.10]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1UTBq9-0006Q9-5s for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Fri, 19 Apr 2013 15:59:01 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6FF52101EB; Fri, 19 Apr 2013 15:58:58 +0200 (CEST) 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 pAjDogWGNLHq; Fri, 19 Apr 2013 15:58:56 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D132101E7; Fri, 19 Apr 2013 15:58:56 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id B854D101E7 for ; Fri, 19 Apr 2013 15:58:55 +0200 (CEST) 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 puKS7TkYfXW0 for ; Fri, 19 Apr 2013 15:58:53 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from filter5-til.mf.surf.net (filter5-til.mf.surf.net [194.171.167.221]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B078101E4 for ; Fri, 19 Apr 2013 15:58:53 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from hackers.mr.itd.umich.edu (smtp.mail.umich.edu [141.211.14.81]) by filter5-til.mf.surf.net (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-9.4) with ESMTP id r3JDwowd004994 for ; Fri, 19 Apr 2013 15:58:52 +0200 Original-Received: FROM mint ((null) [70.52.113.158]) By hackers.mr.itd.umich.edu ID 51714D98.E3005.23053 ; Authuser adityam; 19 Apr 2013 09:58:49 EDT In-Reply-To: <20130419082923.GH25092@weber> User-Agent: Alpine 2.02 (DEB 1266 2009-07-14) X-Bayes-Prob: 0.0001 (Score 0, tokens from: @@RPTN) X-CanIt-Geo: ip=141.211.14.81; country=US; region=MI; city=Ann Arbor; postalcode=48109; latitude=42.2923; longitude=-83.7145; metrocode=505; areacode=734; http://maps.google.com/maps?q=42.2923,-83.7145&z=6 X-CanItPRO-Stream: uu:ntg-context@ntg.nl (inherits from uu:default, base:default) X-Canit-Stats-ID: 0WJpNWOl3 - 69f7facae272 - 20130419 (trained as not-spam) X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 194.171.167.221 X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:81952 Archived-At: On Fri, 19 Apr 2013, Tom Ellis wrote: > I asked a question on tex.stackoverflow, and it was suggested ConTeXt could > help and that I should repost my question here. > > http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/108850/is-fine-grained-grid-control-possible > > I want to make a variety of checklists which are essentially based on a grid > layout. I care about having fine-grained control over the exact placement > of labels and boxes. I do not care about paragraphs, hypenation, equations, > or anything like that which I know TeX is very good at. > > Is ConTeX a good fit for my needs? How could I do it? > > I've already though about Tikz and PGF but I don't think they give me enough > fine-grained control. If I fail to find a way to solve my problem using TeX > I will probably explore SVG and PostScript. > > Here are some examples of the kind of thing I would like to do that I pulled > from an image search for "checklist" > > * https://studenttechportfolio.wikispaces.com/file/view/checklist.png/34343465/checklist.png > * http://checklisttemplate911.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/checklist-template12.jpg > * http://img.docstoccdn.com/thumb/orig/72289360.png > * http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=88940&stc=1 > * http://theorganisedhousewife.com.au/shop/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/conference-checklist.jpg > * http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-piQobSY-8Mw/Tcihq580IgI/AAAAAAAAAgE/Fd0AQD1e69Y/s1600/Operator_Page_1.jpg > * http://www.dbh.govt.nz/UserFiles/Image/Publications/building/weathertightness/remediation-checklist-2.gif > * http://spxcooling.com/images/M92-1447C-s.jpg Most of these are simple tables with itemized lists. I don't think that you need grid or any other fine-grained control to get this output. So, the short answer is yes, ConTeXt can easily do such checklists. Aditya ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________