Re: [NTG-context] set headings in the margins
2007/10/9, Aric Bills [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Thanks Wolfgang--your solution does just what I needed. I'll study it. Best regards, Aric (Apologies if I've sent my reply improperly) Hi Aric, you should also take a look at the columnset machanism and his manual. I don't know if it is possible to extent the header in the margin but it supports spanning headers over multiple columns. http://pragma-ade.nl/general/manuals/columns.pdf Wolfgang ___ 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 : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
[NTG-context] set headings in the margins
Hello all, I'm a total newbie Context user trying to do something that is apparently way beyond me. I'm trying to set up a conceptual three-column design grid. The idea was to use the two columns on the right for body text, the column on the left for margin paragraphs, and the full three-column spread for headings. The easiest way I could find to set such a thing up was this: \setuplayout[backspace=3.083in, leftmargin=2.083in, leftmargindistance=.25in, width=4.417in, rightmargin=1in] where leftmargin represents the leftmost column and width represents the other two columns (plus gutter). So far so good. To get my heading to stretch across all three conceptual columns, I thought I'd use something along the lines of: \start \startlocal \setuplayout[...] \stoplocal \section{This heading was supposed to start at the left edge of the left margin and wrap at the right edge of the text area} \stop where [...] would eliminate the left margin and margindistance and re-allocate that space to the text width. However, I haven't yet found any [...] that does the trick. Whether my approach is basically right or totally wrong, I'd love to get guidance on the best way to typeset a heading across both the margin and the text area. I'm aware that it's trivial to make section numbers appear in the margin; this is not the solution I'm looking for, though. Thanks for your help, Aric ___ 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 : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
Re: [NTG-context] set headings in the margins
2007/10/9, Aric Bills [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hello all, I'm a total newbie Context user trying to do something that is apparently way beyond me. I'm trying to set up a conceptual three-column design grid. The idea was to use the two columns on the right for body text, the column on the left for margin paragraphs, and the full three-column spread for headings. The easiest way I could find to set such a thing up was this: \setuplayout[backspace=3.083in, leftmargin=2.083in, leftmargindistance=.25in, width=4.417in, rightmargin=1in] where leftmargin represents the leftmost column and width represents the other two columns (plus gutter). So far so good. To get my heading to stretch across all three conceptual columns, I thought I'd use something along the lines of: \start \startlocal \setuplayout[...] \stoplocal \section{This heading was supposed to start at the left edge of the left margin and wrap at the right edge of the text area} \stop where [...] would eliminate the left margin and margindistance and re-allocate that space to the text width. However, I haven't yet found any [...] that does the trick. Whether my approach is basically right or totally wrong, I'd love to get guidance on the best way to typeset a heading across both the margin and the text area. I'm aware that it's trivial to make section numbers appear in the margin; this is not the solution I'm looking for, though. Thanks for your help, Aric Hi Aric, you can start with my solution, sorry but I have at the moment no time for a better one. \setuplayout[backspace=6cm,width=fit] \def\myheader#1#2% {\hbox to\makeupwidth {\hss\hbox to\dimexpr\leftmarginwidth+\leftmargindistance+\makeupwidth\relax {\vbox{\hsize=\dimexpr\leftmarginwidth+\leftmargindistance+\makeupwidth\relax#1#2 \setuphead[section][command=\myheader] \starttext \dorecurse{5} {\section{\dorecurse{100}{text }} \dorecurse{5}{\input knuth\par}} \stoptext ___ 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 : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
[NTG-context] set headings in the margins
Thanks Wolfgang--your solution does just what I needed. I'll study it. Best regards, Aric (Apologies if I've sent my reply improperly) ___ 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 : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___