RE: [NTG-context] Absolute positioning of graphics on the page

2004-09-07 Thread Martin Kolarik
- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Giuseppe Bilotta Sent: Monday, September 06, 2004 7:30 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [NTG-context] Absolute positioning of graphics on the page Is this possible without using layers? IOW, it there some kind of command that allows

Re[2]: [NTG-context] Absolute positioning of graphics on the page

2004-09-07 Thread Giuseppe Bilotta
Tuesday, September 7, 2004 Martin Kolarik wrote: Hi Giuseppe, try: \setuppositioning[unit=cm,factor=0.5] \starpositioning \position(1,1){top left text} \position(40,1){top right text} \stoppositioning Of course, the unit can be almost all of well known TeX units (pt, mm, em, in,

Re: [NTG-context] Absolute positioning of graphics on the page

2004-09-07 Thread Hans Hagen
Giuseppe Bilotta wrote This surely works ok for top left. But how can I guarantee that top right has its *top right* corner in the position? I would have to calculate the coordinates manually (depending on page site, top right text dimensions etc). why not use layers? you can flush them

RE: [NTG-context] Absolute positioning of graphics on the page

2004-09-07 Thread Martin Kolarik
This surely works ok for top left. But how can I guarantee that top right has its *top right* corner in the position? I would have to calculate the coordinates manually (depending on page site, top right text dimensions etc). Yes, AFAIK the mechanism does not support this now (and I do not

Re[2]: [NTG-context] Absolute positioning of graphics on the page

2004-09-07 Thread Giuseppe Bilotta
Tuesday, September 7, 2004 Hans Hagen wrote: Giuseppe Bilotta wrote This surely works ok for top left. But how can I guarantee that top right has its *top right* corner in the position? I would have to calculate the coordinates manually (depending on page site, top right text dimensions etc).

[NTG-context] Absolute positioning of graphics on the page

2004-09-06 Thread Giuseppe Bilotta
Is this possible without using layers? IOW, it there some kind of command that allows: \somecommand[some setups]{content} where the setups specify where the content should be positioned, and towards where it should extend? (e.g., positioned in the top right corner, extending to the bottom left)