Re: [Groff] Bulleted number - How to do???

[andlabs]

What I meant to say is that although it is easy making the circle (\D'c
{radius}'), there are hard parts:

- troff offsets the drawing, making it harder to place the text than \kx\D'c
{radius}'\h'|\nxu+3u'text (the given \k and \h instructions from the troff
Users' Manual by Joe Ossanna)
- troff takes all circle radiuses in ems (suffix m); there is no way to
override (I tried)
- And when you're done with the circle, how do you get yourself out of it?

Unless you have two different types of circles in your screenshot, you don't
need to match the circles. For example, if you have both filled and unfilled
circles, then you need either circle and a ton of line commands or the ideal
tool (which is an ancient drawing language)


Ruediger Haertel wrote:
> 
> Am Freitag 03 August 2007 01:41:24 schrieb andlabs:
>> Why do you need it in a circle when you can just use the ms .IP or mm's
>> built-in numbering along with a normal number?
> 
> I used the numbers in a circle in a screenshot to highlight some points. I 
> thought, using the same numbers in circles in text would simplify the 
> understanding for the reader.
> 
> I will think about something else if it is not easily possible.
> 
> 
>> If you can't work with the above, then get ready, because either you need
>> graphics commands and absolute placement - which are both HARD
>> (especially
>> absolute placement).
>>
>> Ruediger Haertel wrote:
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > I am in the need of bulleted numbers, ie. a filled circle with a number
>> > in it.
>> > Imortant to me is, that I can use such a bulleted numer every where in
>> > floating text. But it is not necessary to have it in a table for now.
>> >
>> > Three possible solutions came to mind:
>> > a) a font with special glyphs of this kind
>> > b) pic
>> > c) postscript
>> >
>> > a) I only know of fonts that have the numbers 1..10. I need also highr
>> > numbers. So, this is not usable in my case.
>> >
>> > b) Pic would work, but always places the figure in the middle. I
>> couldn't
>> > workaround this
>> >
>> > c) Postscript would work, but I cannot figure out how to do the
>> placement
>> > right.
>> >
>> >
>> > Here is my approach with pic and postscript. Maybe someone knows a way
>> > how to
>> > do it.
>> >
>> > -------8<---------8<----------------
>> >
>> > .NH
>> > Point in Postscript
>> > .LP
>> > blah blah blah
>> > .de ci
>> > \X'ps: exec \\$1 \\$2 translate gsave  1 0 0 setrgbcolor 0 0 8 0 360
>> arc
>> > fill
>> > 1 1 1 setrgbcolor -2 2 moveto (\\$3) show grestore 0 0 translate
>> > ..
>> > .ci 50 50 2
>> > blubb blubb blubb
>> > .NH
>> > Point in pic
>> > .LP
>> > blah blah blah
>> > .PS
>> > .sp -2.4
>> > move left 4.0
>> > circle radius 0.1 "\s-2\fB\m[white]2\m[black]\f[]\s+2" shaded "red"
>> > outline "red"
>> > .PE
>> > blubb blubb blubb
>> > -------8<---------8<----------------
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Rüdiger
> 
> 
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