On Tue, Nov 16 2010, Peter Davis wrote:
> Is there a way to place a box at some specified x and y position on the
> page, and then typeset one or more paragraphs of text into the box? I guess
> I'm thinking of something like LaTeX's minipage, but with the ability to
> specify absolute coordinates, rather than just position relative to the
> current baseline.
Layers or overlays are certainly the right method. But there is also the
\position macro:
\setupframed[foregroundstyle=\bfc]
\setuppositioning[state=overlay, unit=cm, xoffset=0.5\textwidth,
yoffset=0.5\textheight]
\starttext
\startpositioning
\position(0,0){\framed{0,0}}
\position(-5,-5){\framed{-5,-5}}
\position(-5,5){\framed{-5,5}}
\position(5,-5){\framed{5,-5}}
\position(5,5){\framed{5,5}}
\stoppositioning
\input tufte
\input tufte
\input tufte
\input tufte
\input tufte
\stoptext
Cheers, Peter
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