Thanks Wolfgang! Somehow I overlooked the two subtleties you are teaching me here:
> \definelayer[Number][width=\paperwidth,height=\paperheight,doublesided=yes] in which the option doublesided=yes, helps and the options [odd] or [even] in \setlayer: > \setlayer[Number][odd] > \setlayer[Number][even] I will wikify this later this weekend. Best regards: OK On 20 mai 2010, at 10:14, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > Good example! > > > \setupcolors[state=start] > > \setuppagenumbering[location=footer,alternative=doublesided] > > \definelayer[Number][width=\paperwidth,height=\paperheight,doublesided=yes] > > \define[1]\myNumber > {\setlayer[Number][odd] > [preset=righttop,voffset=45mm,hoffset=3mm] > {\offset[location=rt,rightoffset=-3mm] > {\tlap{\color[darkgreen]{\scale[height=30mm,width=22mm]{\ss#1}}}}}% > \setlayer[Number][even] > [preset=lefttop,voffset=45mm,hoffset=25mm] > {\offset[location=tl,leftoffset=-3mm] > {\tlap{\color[darkgreen]{\scale[height=30mm,width=22mm]{\ss#1}}}}}} > > \setupbackgrounds[page][background=Number] > > \starttext > \dorecurse{4}{\myNumber{#1}\input knuth \page} > \dorecurse{4}{\myNumber{#1}\dorecurse{6}{\input knuth }\page} > \dorecurse{4}{\myNumber{#1}\dorecurse{3}{\input knuth }\page} > \stoptext > > Wolfgang ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 ___________________________________________________________________________________