* absolute positioning?
@ 2007-12-08 16:22 Patrick Gundlach
2007-12-08 17:26 ` Wolfgang Schuster
2007-12-08 22:59 ` Hans Hagen
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From: Patrick Gundlach @ 2007-12-08 16:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: ntg-context
Hello!
What is the current most contextish way for absolute positioning of
text (still using MK II)? I have to create a title page for a document
where several frameless boxes of text have to be placed on the page.
Is this still the layer mechanism? I mean, ConTeXt evolves so quickly,
being absent for one real year means being absent for about 10
ConTeXt-years.
Patrick
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* Re: absolute positioning?
2007-12-08 16:22 absolute positioning? Patrick Gundlach
@ 2007-12-08 17:26 ` Wolfgang Schuster
2007-12-08 18:25 ` Arthur Reutenauer
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From: Wolfgang Schuster @ 2007-12-08 17:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: ntg-context
On Sat, 08 Dec 2007 17:22:50 +0100
Patrick Gundlach <patrick@gundla.ch> wrote:
> Hello!
>
> What is the current most contextish way for absolute positioning of
> text (still using MK II)? I have to create a title page for a document
> where several frameless boxes of text have to be placed on the page.
> Is this still the layer mechanism? I mean, ConTeXt evolves so quickly,
> being absent for one real year means being absent for about 10
> ConTeXt-years.
>
> Patrick
Hi Patrick,
seems like you have nearly finished your thesis and yes, layers are
still the tool of your choice, especially the framed alternative
\setlayerframed. You can pass font changes to the framed part with the
setups command or set special backgrounds to the frame.
Although I never used them you could take a look at collcetors, anchors
(use layers intern) ornaments, a few of them are documented in the
details manual but I don't what the difference is between them.
BTW: LuaTeX on the wiki is broken, could be related to a outdated
luatex because the error mesage is
Error in lua file loading: /opt/context/current/bin/luatools.lua:1402:
attempt to call field 'gettimeofday' (a nil value)
Wolfgang
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2007-12-08 17:26 ` Wolfgang Schuster
@ 2007-12-08 18:25 ` Arthur Reutenauer
2007-12-09 16:48 ` Patrick Gundlach
2007-12-15 16:35 ` Patrick Gundlach
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From: Arthur Reutenauer @ 2007-12-08 18:25 UTC (permalink / raw)
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> BTW: LuaTeX on the wiki is broken
Fixed. Thanks for the heads up!
> could be related to a outdated
> luatex because the error mesage is
> Error in lua file loading: /opt/context/current/bin/luatools.lua:1402:
> attempt to call field 'gettimeofday' (a nil value)
Yes, that was it. The LuaTeX version used up to 5 minutes ago was SVN
trunk revision 836, as written on the page. I've upgraded to beta-0.20.1
Arthur
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* Re: absolute positioning?
2007-12-08 17:26 ` Wolfgang Schuster
2007-12-08 18:25 ` Arthur Reutenauer
@ 2007-12-09 16:48 ` Patrick Gundlach
2007-12-15 16:35 ` Patrick Gundlach
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From: Patrick Gundlach @ 2007-12-09 16:48 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: ntg-context
Hi Wolfgang,
> seems like you have nearly finished your thesis
Well, concerning time: yes. concerning progress: no.
> and yes, layers are still the tool of your choice, especially the
> framed alternative \setlayerframed. You can pass font changes to the
> framed part with the setups command or set special backgrounds to
> the frame.
OK, I'll give it a try and post an example on the wiki.
Thanks!
Patrick
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* Re: absolute positioning?
2007-12-08 17:26 ` Wolfgang Schuster
2007-12-08 18:25 ` Arthur Reutenauer
2007-12-09 16:48 ` Patrick Gundlach
@ 2007-12-15 16:35 ` Patrick Gundlach
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From: Patrick Gundlach @ 2007-12-15 16:35 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: ntg-context
Hello Wolfgang,
>> What is the current most contextish way for absolute positioning of
>> text (still using MK II)?
> layers are still the tool of your choice
Actually the examples on the wiki were very helpful.
Thanks to all,
Patrick
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* Re: absolute positioning?
2007-12-08 16:22 absolute positioning? Patrick Gundlach
2007-12-08 17:26 ` Wolfgang Schuster
@ 2007-12-08 22:59 ` Hans Hagen
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From: Hans Hagen @ 2007-12-08 22:59 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: mailing list for ConTeXt users
Patrick Gundlach wrote:
> Hello!
>
> What is the current most contextish way for absolute positioning of
> text (still using MK II)? I have to create a title page for a document
> where several frameless boxes of text have to be placed on the page.
> Is this still the layer mechanism? I mean, ConTeXt evolves so quickly,
> being absent for one real year means being absent for about 10
> ConTeXt-years.
grep for layers (context layers, not pdf ones)
Hans
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