On Wed, Dec 18, 2019 at 06:13:51PM +0100, Wolfgang Schuster wrote:
> Rudolf Bahr schrieb am 18.12.2019 um 15:13:
> > On Tue, Dec 17, 2019 at 07:30:49PM +0100, Hans Hagen wrote:
> >
> > > you need to make a MWE to show what you mean
> > >
> > > normally
> > >
> > > \hbox to <somewidth>{\hss<come content>\hss}
> > >
> > > is good enough for centering
> > Here is my MWE. Think of a photo album. To make it interesting the pages
> > should
> > all be different. To this purpose layers are a good means. I'd like to
> > centre
> > the layers on their page without doing so manually and without changig the
> > distances
> > between them. Using luacode one can calculate the distance d between the
> > leftmost
> > and the rightmost edge. Half the difference (\textwidth - d) is the amount
> > to move
> > the whole layer ensemble.
> >
> > My question is now: Does in context exist a possibility to move all layers
> > jointly
> > without correcting all their x-values subsequently?
>
> 1. You can use hoffset and voffset to shift all layers.
>
> 2. You can use \setlayerframed to put paragraphs in a layer.
>
>
> \setuppapersize[A4,landscape]
>
> \setupexternalfigures[location=default]
>
> \definelayer[LAY]
>
> \starttext
>
> \startbuffer
>
> \setlayerframed
> [LAY]
> [x=0pt,
> y=-8pt]
> [frame=off,
> width=.35\textwidth,
> align={normal,tolerant}]
> {\externalfigure[cow][width=\hsize]
> \blank[line]
> \input tufte\par}
>
> \setlayerframed
> [LAY]
> [x=225pt,
> y=0pt]
> [orientation=90,
> foregroundstyle={\definedfont[Serif at 82pt]}]
> {JOURNEY}
>
> \setlayerframed
> [LAY]
> [x=360pt,
> y=50pt]
> [frame=off,
> width=200pt,
> align={normal,tolerant}]
> {\input ward
> \blank[line]
> \externalfigure[hacker][height=.4\textheight]}
>
> \flushlayer[LAY]
>
> \stopbuffer
>
> \getbuffer
>
> \page
>
> \setuplayer[LAY][hoffset=4cm,voffset=-2cm]
>
> \getbuffer
>
> \stoptext
>
> Wolfgang
>
Thank you very much, Wolfgang! That is exactly what I need
and what I was looking for! Very nice coding indeed!
Rudolf
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