On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 09:58:47AM -0400, Aditya Mahajan wrote: > On Fri, 19 Apr 2013, Tom Ellis wrote: > > >I asked a question on tex.stackoverflow, and it was suggested ConTeXt could > >help and that I should repost my question here. > > > > > > http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/108850/is-fine-grained-grid-control-possible > > > >I want to make a variety of checklists which are essentially based on a grid > >layout. I care about having fine-grained control over the exact placement > >of labels and boxes. I do not care about paragraphs, hypenation, equations, > >or anything like that which I know TeX is very good at. > > > >Is ConTeX a good fit for my needs? How could I do it? > > > >I've already though about Tikz and PGF but I don't think they give me enough > >fine-grained control. If I fail to find a way to solve my problem using TeX > >I will probably explore SVG and PostScript. > > > >Here are some examples of the kind of thing I would like to do that I pulled > >from an image search for "checklist" > > > >* > >https://studenttechportfolio.wikispaces.com/file/view/checklist.png/34343465/checklist.png > >* > >http://checklisttemplate911.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/checklist-template12.jpg > >* http://img.docstoccdn.com/thumb/orig/72289360.png > >* http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=88940&stc=1 > >* > >http://theorganisedhousewife.com.au/shop/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/conference-checklist.jpg > >* > >http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-piQobSY-8Mw/Tcihq580IgI/AAAAAAAAAgE/Fd0AQD1e69Y/s1600/Operator_Page_1.jpg > >* > >http://www.dbh.govt.nz/UserFiles/Image/Publications/building/weathertightness/remediation-checklist-2.gif > >* http://spxcooling.com/images/M92-1447C-s.jpg > > Most of these are simple tables with itemized lists. I don't think > that you need grid or any other fine-grained control to get this > output. So, the short answer is yes, ConTeXt can easily do such > checklists.
Agreed, but for the checklists I want to make I would prefer more fine-grained control. ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________
