[vox-tech] webpage element positioning via coordinates

[p@dMAPSirac.org (Peter Jay Salzman)]

I'd like to position text links in an ellipse, like:


               a
        h              b
     g                     c
        f              d
               e


I may be adding more links, so it behooves me to use a general equation for
the coordinates.  To keep the discussion simple, let's talk about a circle.

Is it possible to position something using the equation:

   <x,y> =  R * <cos(t), sin(t)>

where

   t = i 2\pi / n

where n-1 is the number of text links and i runs from 0 to n?


Is it possible to position things via coordinates like this on a web page?

Thanks,
Pete

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