Re: [NTG-context] A better \definesymbol sought

2017-01-25 Thread Hans Hagen
On 1/24/2017 8:01 PM, Rik Kabel wrote: On 2017-01-24 03:34, Hans Hagen wrote: On 1/24/2017 4:04 AM, Rik wrote: What I want is that the background of the page (yellow in this case) should show through. That is what is done with fill / reverse / cycle, as in: \setupbackgrounds [page]

Re: [NTG-context] A better \definesymbol sought

2017-01-24 Thread Rik Kabel
On 2017-01-24 03:34, Hans Hagen wrote: On 1/24/2017 4:04 AM, Rik wrote: What I want is that the background of the page (yellow in this case) should show through. That is what is done with fill / reverse / cycle, as in: \setupbackgrounds [page]

Re: [NTG-context] A better \definesymbol sought

2017-01-24 Thread Hans Hagen
On 1/24/2017 4:04 AM, Rik wrote: On 2017-01-23 14:09, Rik Kabel wrote: On 2017-01-23 00:06, Alan Braslau wrote: > On Sun, 22 Jan 2017 22:39:53 -0500 Rik Kabel > wrote: > >> So, how can I make the inner glyph (‘?’ in the example below) >> transparent, so that the

Re: [NTG-context] A better \definesymbol sought

2017-01-23 Thread Rik
On 2017-01-23 14:09, Rik Kabel wrote: On 2017-01-23 00:06, Alan Braslau wrote: > On Sun, 22 Jan 2017 22:39:53 -0500 Rik Kabel > wrote: > >> So, how can I make the inner glyph (‘?’ in the example below) >> transparent, so that the background shows through along

Re: [NTG-context] A better \definesymbol sought

2017-01-23 Thread Rik Kabel
On 2017-01-23 00:06, Alan Braslau wrote: On Sun, 22 Jan 2017 22:39:53 -0500 Rik Kabel > wrote: > >> So, how can I make the inner glyph (‘?’ in the example below) >> transparent, so that the background shows through along with >> anything else that lives on a

Re: [NTG-context] A better \definesymbol sought

2017-01-22 Thread Alan Braslau
On Sun, 22 Jan 2017 22:39:53 -0500 Rik Kabel wrote: > So, how can I make the inner glyph (‘?’ in the example below) > transparent, so that the background shows through along with anything > else that lives on a lower layer? I’ve seen a method for constructed >

Re: [NTG-context] A better \definesymbol sought

2017-01-22 Thread Rik Kabel
to get options to center the glyphs from which the symbol is assembled (separate horizontal and vertical, with the ability to offset them)? Is there a ConTeXt way other than \definesymbol to create such combined symbols? MetaPost (with textext())? Thank you for that, Alan. I hadn’t ever used MetaPost

Re: [NTG-context] A better \definesymbol sought

2017-01-20 Thread Alan Braslau
yphs from which > the symbol is assembled (separate horizontal and vertical, with the > ability to offset them)? > > Is there a ConTeXt way other than \definesymbol to create such > combined symbols? MetaPost (with textext())? _

[NTG-context] A better \definesymbol sought

2017-01-20 Thread Rik Kabel
ConTeXters, I have been using \definesymbol for a while, and for most purposes it suffices. However, there is one thing that it does not do that perhaps it should. What it does not do is offer the option to center one glyph over another (horizontally and/or vertically) when it should