From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/61356 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Aditya Mahajan Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: framed text over multiple pages Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 14:11:57 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: References: Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: MULTIPART/MIXED; BOUNDARY="8323328-1412351950-1283191918=:19382" X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1283191917 14001 80.91.229.12 (30 Aug 2010 18:11:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:11:57 +0000 (UTC) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Mon Aug 30 20:11:54 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 1Oq8pl-00043O-6g for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Mon, 30 Aug 2010 20:11:53 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5416DCA66A; Mon, 30 Aug 2010 20:11:52 +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 Uftmy41WIF4N; Mon, 30 Aug 2010 20:11:49 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 976FDCA634; Mon, 30 Aug 2010 20:11:49 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id A8C6CCA634 for ; Mon, 30 Aug 2010 20:11:48 +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 yZMIRQa4S3L5 for ; Mon, 30 Aug 2010 20:11:46 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from filter2-ams.mf.surf.net (filter2-ams.mf.surf.net [192.87.102.70]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5DEB2CA632 for ; Mon, 30 Aug 2010 20:11:46 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from hackers.mr.itd.umich.edu (smtp.mail.umich.edu [141.211.14.81]) by filter2-ams.mf.surf.net (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5+lenny1) with ESMTP id o7UIBhNf005400 for ; Mon, 30 Aug 2010 20:11:45 +0200 Original-Received: FROM wpa108040.wireless.mcgill.ca (wpa108040.Wireless.McGill.CA [142.157.108.40]) By hackers.mr.itd.umich.edu ID 4C7BF45E.18A84.7180 ; Authuser adityam; 30 Aug 2010 14:11:42 EDT In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Alpine 2.01 (LNX 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: 0rD0GbI5a - 9060a0142664 - 20100830 X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 192.87.102.70 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:61356 Archived-At: This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --8323328-1412351950-1283191918=:19382 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE On Mon, 30 Aug 2010, Mojca Miklavec wrote: > On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 19:23, Aditya Mahajan wrote: >> On Mon, 30 Aug 2010, Mojca Miklavec wrote: >> >>> I'm trying to find the command (in manual, wiki or mailing list) that >>> enables using background behind text spanning over multiple pages. >> >> Hey, you are getting rusty :-) > > I am. In past I used to spend much longer solving ConTeXt-related > issues than writing reports which turned out to be a very bad strategy > for the sake of writing speed. On top of that, I didn't manage to > follow the MKIV development anywhere closely ... and this is > definitely one of areas where much more is possible in MKIV than it > used to be possible in MKII. I will believe that you are writing something when I see your thesis :-) I= =20 have heard rumours that it exists. >>> At the moment I have >>> >>> \startframedtext >>> =C2=A0[width=3D\textwidth, >>> =C2=A0background=3Dcolor, >>> =C2=A0backgroundcolor=3Dmycolor1, >>> =C2=A0frame=3Doff, >>> =C2=A0leftframe=3Don, >>> =C2=A0framecolor=3Dmycolor2] >>> >>> but I remember that there used to be a command that allowed doing the >>> same, but spanning the text over multiple pages. >> >> backgrounds and textbackgrounds. IIRC, they are documented in the detail= s >> manual. > > Oh, sure, thanks a lot. However ... \definetextbackground doesn't seem > to support leftframe=3Don. That means that I need to use metapost to > draw it ... (or just continue searching) ... or even better ... ignore > my idea to draw the left frame and just continue writing ... Drawing a left frame using a metapost shouldn't be too hard. draw leftboundary OverlayBox withpen pencircle scaled 1bp withcolor red ; (or something like that). Aditya --8323328-1412351950-1283191918=:19382 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 ___________________________________________________________________________________ --8323328-1412351950-1283191918=:19382--