Re: [NTG-context] The ultimate (?) float problem

2009-05-14 Thread Piotr Kopszak
I think I more or less got the idea of what is possible. But let me describe my project. Maybe you might come up with a better solution. I'm going to typeset a diary written and drawn by an illustrator and graphic designer 70 years ago. What is unique, it consists of handwritten pages which were al

Re: [NTG-context] The ultimate (?) float problem

2009-05-12 Thread luigi scarso
On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 3:32 PM, Wolfgang Schuster < schuster.wolfg...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > Am 12.05.2009 um 15:18 schrieb Piotr Kopszak: > > Yes, exactly. >> > > \setuppapersize [S6] > \setuptolerance [soepel,rek] > better \setuppapersize [S6][S6] \setuptolerance [tolerant,stretch] -- l

Re: [NTG-context] The ultimate (?) float problem

2009-05-12 Thread Piotr Kopszak
Right. If I understand correctly on the first look textflows appear in fixed locations on consecutive pages. I guess I'm banging my head against a wall but what about if it was possible to have them side by side on the same page? 2009/5/12 Wolfgang Schuster : > > Am 12.05.2009 um 15:18 schrieb P

Re: [NTG-context] The ultimate (?) float problem

2009-05-12 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 12.05.2009 um 15:18 schrieb Piotr Kopszak: Yes, exactly. \setuppapersize [S6] \setuptolerance [soepel,rek] \setupcolors[state=start] \setupfooter[strut=no] \setupwhitespace[big] \setuplayout [rightmargin=5cm, width=fit, margin=0pt, edgedistance=1cm, footer=4cm, fo

Re: [NTG-context] The ultimate (?) float problem

2009-05-12 Thread Piotr Kopszak
Yes, exactly. 2009/5/12 luigi scarso : > > > On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 3:03 PM, Piotr Kopszak wrote: >> >> But I want text in one column in the whole document. I was wondering >> however if I could mimick something similar with textflows but cannot >> understand the Dutch example in page-flw.tex. >

Re: [NTG-context] The ultimate (?) float problem

2009-05-12 Thread luigi scarso
On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 3:03 PM, Piotr Kopszak wrote: > But I want text in one column in the whole document. I was wondering > however if I could mimick something similar with textflows but cannot > understand the Dutch example in page-flw.tex. > > Do you mean this ? % Example (dutch) % % \stelp

Re: [NTG-context] The ultimate (?) float problem

2009-05-12 Thread Piotr Kopszak
But I want text in one column in the whole document. I was wondering however if I could mimick something similar with textflows but cannot understand the Dutch example in page-flw.tex. Piotr 2009/5/12 luigi scarso : > > > On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 1:28 PM, Piotr Kopszak wrote: >> >> Only to show b

Re: [NTG-context] The ultimate (?) float problem

2009-05-12 Thread luigi scarso
On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 1:28 PM, Piotr Kopszak wrote: > Only to show better how I would like text and images placed on the page. > > \definelayer [figure][width=\overlaywidth,height=\overlayheight] > \defineoverlay[figure][{\directsetup{figure}\tightlayer[figure]}] > \setupcolors[state=start] >

Re: [NTG-context] The ultimate (?) float problem

2009-05-12 Thread Piotr Kopszak
Only to show better how I would like text and images placed on the page. \definelayer [figure][width=\overlaywidth,height=\overlayheight] \defineoverlay[figure][{\directsetup{figure}\tightlayer[figure]}] \setupcolors[state=start] \setupbackgrounds[page][background=figure] \starttext \dorecurse

Re: [NTG-context] The ultimate (?) float problem

2009-05-12 Thread Hans Hagen
Piotr Kopszak wrote: Any chance lua might change something here in the future? maybe, but not in the near future Hans - Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Has

Re: [NTG-context] The ultimate (?) float problem

2009-05-12 Thread luigi scarso
On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 11:22 AM, Piotr Kopszak wrote: > Dear all, > > I am close to give up, but maybe there is a solution... I have a book > to typeset literally peppered with hundreds of little drawings which > are supposed to appear irregularly surrounded by text flowing around > them on all

Re: [NTG-context] The ultimate (?) float problem

2009-05-12 Thread Piotr Kopszak
Any chance lua might change something here in the future? P. 2009/5/12 Hans Hagen : > Piotr Kopszak wrote: >> >> Dear all, >> >> I am close to give up, but maybe there is a solution... I have a book >> to typeset literally peppered with hundreds of little drawings which >> are supposed to appear

Re: [NTG-context] The ultimate (?) float problem

2009-05-12 Thread Hans Hagen
Piotr Kopszak wrote: Dear all, I am close to give up, but maybe there is a solution... I have a book to typeset literally peppered with hundreds of little drawings which are supposed to appear irregularly surrounded by text flowing around them on all sides. |

[NTG-context] The ultimate (?) float problem

2009-05-12 Thread Piotr Kopszak
Dear all, I am close to give up, but maybe there is a solution... I have a book to typeset literally peppered with hundreds of little drawings which are supposed to appear irregularly surrounded by text flowing around them on all sides. |xx | |x