On Sat, Feb 02, 2002 at 10:55:38AM +0100, Hans Hagen wrote:
[me:]
> >is there already documentation about layers? I am puzzled
> >trying to separate the concept from overlays.
>
> there is some explanation of layers in the metafun manual.
>
> layers are kind of related to overlays, consider them a structure that is
> meant to be used in layers
>
That's what I mean :-) overlays superimpose too.
> they collect content and permit positioning and moving around,
to my mind the main distinction to overlays.
> the layer
> content either or not can be repeated, and tight to (named and numbered)
> pages; currently i'm playing with prebuild layer options for adding
> text/graphics etc to pages so that one can create rather complex title pages
>
> [actually, it would be nice to have a graphical user interface to layers]
>
I see many-a-program shy away from rendering postscript or PDF (Microsoft
products as well as eg tgif), so I'm always under the impression that it
is not a trivial task to build anything like that.
Greetings
Johannes
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