in my example I have set the numbers in the margin. In fact of using the twoside layout I get the numbers only for odd pages in the margin. Is this also possible for the even pages, just like "header 1.2" instead of "1.2 header"?
Herbert \definepapersize[DE][width=10cm,height=12cm] \setuppapersize [DE][DE] \setuplayout[width=8cm,height=10cm] \setuparranging[doublesided] \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided] \setupheads[alternative=margin,align=outer] \starttext \chapter{Foo} \section{A long title} \input knuth \section{A long title} \section{A long title} \input knuth \chapter{Bar} \section{A long title} \input knuth \section{A long title} \input knuth \section{A long title} \input knuth \section{A long title} \input knuth \stoptext ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 ___________________________________________________________________________________