On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 9:56 AM, Robert Blackstone <blackstone.rob...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thu, 25 Mar 2010 13:26:19 +0100 luigi scarso <luigi.sca...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> <blackstone.rob...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> What should I do to get the page in the middle of the paper so to >>> speak, instead of shifted to the left, which happens with >>> \setuplayout[location=middle]?? I tried specifying leftedgewidth but >>> that does not change anything. >> hm, strange, try >> >> \setuppapersize[A4][A3] >> \setuplayout[location=middle, >> backspace=23mm, >> margin=15mm,margindistance=3mm, >> width=fit, >> ] >> \setupinmargin[left][align=left,foregroundcolor=red] >> \setupinmargin[right][align=right,foregroundcolor=blue] >> \showlayout >> \starttext > ..... >> -- >> luigi > > Thank you, Luigi. > This code gives a nice result with the page sitting neatly centered on > the paper. > > However, when I increase the margin width to 25mm all gets shifted to > the left. Both margins get 25 width, the right margin stays within the > boundaries of the A4 paper, the left one is pushed outside. One would > have expected that with width=fit, the increase of marginwidth would > go at the expense of textwidth and that location=middle will still > dictate the overall position. > But no, it does not work that way apparently. Setting margin=20mm is > about the limit. Even setting textwidth to a small size, for example > 10 cm, does not work to keep the page inside the paper. The extra > white space all shows up at the right side as an enormously wide > rightedge while the left margin is still partly outside the paper. In > other words: location=middle does not work. > Strange indeed. for expected behavior must be backspace >= margin + margindistance Try backspace=23mm,margin=21mm,margindistance=2mm, backspace=23mm,margin=23mm,margindistance=0mm, backspace=23mm,margin=18mm,margindistance=0mm, backspace=23mm,margin=2mm,margindistance=21mm,
> > Is there anything that could be done about this? > And would it be possible to different margin width for the right and > left margin? yes there are right and left dimensions, but you should definitely experiments with them -- luigi ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 ___________________________________________________________________________________
