Re: [NTG-context] Problem with \setuplayout parameters being ignored

2023-03-05 Thread Keith McKay via ntg-context
I > > get for trying to write readable code. > > > You can use the = to align keys and values, e.g. > > \setuplayout >[backspace=2.5cm, >margin=0.5cm, > width=16cm, >header=1cm, >footer=1cm] > > Another useful method is

Re: [NTG-context] Problem with \setuplayout parameters being ignored

2023-03-05 Thread Wolfgang Schuster via ntg-context
Keith McKay schrieb am 05.03.2023 um 18:10: Thank you so much Wolfgang! I should have realised that. It's what I get for trying to write readable code. You can use the = to align keys and values, e.g. \setuplayout   [backspace=2.5cm,   margin=0.5cm,    width=16cm,   header=1cm

Re: [NTG-context] Problem with \setuplayout parameters being ignored

2023-03-05 Thread Keith McKay via ntg-context
with the \setuplayout command with the parameters being ignored. In the code below the only parameter which does get setup is the backspace parameter, the header, footer, width, and margin parameters are setup differently according to the log. I'm probably missing something fairly obvious so hints would be helpful

Re: [NTG-context] Problem with \setuplayout parameters being ignored

2023-03-05 Thread Wolfgang Schuster via ntg-context
Keith McKay via ntg-context schrieb am 05.03.2023 um 17:54: Hi I'm having a strange problem with the \setuplayout command with the parameters being ignored. In the code below the only parameter which does get setup is the backspace parameter, the header, footer, width, and margin parameters

[NTG-context] Problem with \setuplayout parameters being ignored

2023-03-05 Thread Keith McKay via ntg-context
Hi I'm having a strange problem with the \setuplayout command with the parameters being ignored. In the code below the only parameter which does get setup is the backspace parameter, the header, footer, width, and margin parameters are setup differently according to the log. I'm probably

Re: [NTG-context] LMTX problem with doifmode in \setuplayout

2021-06-08 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Hans Hagen schrieb am 09.06.2021 um 00:08: On 6/8/2021 11:44 PM, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: Rik Kabel schrieb am 08.06.2021 um 23:01: Yes, that works. Of course, to say that you can never be sure if such combinations will work is not a welcome statement about the state of ConTeXt. More

Re: [NTG-context] LMTX problem with doifmode in \setuplayout

2021-06-08 Thread Hans Hagen
On 6/8/2021 11:44 PM, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: Rik Kabel schrieb am 08.06.2021 um 23:01: Yes, that works. Of course, to say that you can never be sure if such combinations will work is not a welcome statement about the state of ConTeXt. More recent LMTX releases also now break older

Re: [NTG-context] LMTX problem with doifmode in \setuplayout

2021-06-08 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Rik Kabel schrieb am 08.06.2021 um 23:01: Yes, that works. Of course, to say that you can never be sure if such combinations will work is not a welcome statement about the state of ConTeXt. More recent LMTX releases also now break older documents that worked (with LMTX and MkIV) before. If

Re: [NTG-context] LMTX problem with doifmode in \setuplayout

2021-06-08 Thread Rik Kabel
illustrated by an example: \definemode    [aaa]    [keep] \setuplayout   [     marking=\doifmodeelse{aaa}{off}{on}, %   marking=on,     grid=\doifmodeelse{aaa}{yes}{no}, %   grid=yes

Re: [NTG-context] LMTX problem with doifmode in \setuplayout

2021-06-08 Thread Hans Hagen
illustrated by an example: \definemode    [aaa]    [keep] \setuplayout   [     marking=\doifmodeelse{aaa}{off}{on}, %   marking=on,     grid=\doifmodeelse{aaa}{yes}{no}, %   grid=yes

Re: [NTG-context] LMTX problem with doifmode in \setuplayout

2021-06-08 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
    [aaa]    [keep] \setuplayout   [     marking=\doifmodeelse{aaa}{off}{on}, %   marking=on,     grid=\doifmodeelse{aaa}{yes}{no}, %   grid=yes,     bottom=\doifmodeelse{aaa

[NTG-context] LMTX problem with doifmode in \setuplayout

2021-06-08 Thread Rik Kabel
] \setuplayout   [     marking=\doifmodeelse{aaa}{off}{on}, %   marking=on,     grid=\doifmodeelse{aaa}{yes}{no}, %   grid=yes,     bottom=\doifmodeelse{aaa}{10mm}{20mm

Re: [NTG-context] setuplayout vs Indesign!

2020-08-27 Thread jbf
That is very helpful, and just what I needed. Thank you Julian On 27/8/20 9:16 pm, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: Pablo Rodriguez schrieb am 26.08.2020 um 19:39: On 8/26/20 12:13 PM, jbf wrote: [...] Maybe, one of these days, someone with experience in both ConTeXt and InDesign (since InDesign is

Re: [NTG-context] setuplayout vs Indesign!

2020-08-27 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Pablo Rodriguez schrieb am 26.08.2020 um 19:39: On 8/26/20 12:13 PM, jbf wrote: [...] Maybe, one of these days, someone with experience in both ConTeXt and InDesign (since InDesign is used by very many commercial publishers, but I am trying to convince one of them of the value of ConTeXt) could

Re: [NTG-context] setuplayout vs Indesign!

2020-08-27 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
> Am 26.08.2020 um 12:13 schrieb jbf : > > Thank you. Let's see if the Quality Control person is convinced by what she > gets with the suggested measurements. > > I usually set things up 'as if' they would be on A4, in this case, > \setuppapersize[ACN][A4] (ACN being the name I give to the

Re: [NTG-context] setuplayout vs Indesign!

2020-08-26 Thread Pablo Rodriguez
On 8/26/20 12:13 PM, jbf wrote: > [...] > Maybe, one of these days, someone with experience in both ConTeXt and > InDesign (since InDesign is used by very many commercial publishers, but > I am trying to convince one of them of the value of ConTeXt) could offer > a comparison of the layout

Re: [NTG-context] setuplayout vs Indesign!

2020-08-26 Thread jbf
-sided setup (in other words a standard 8.5"x5.5" book): \setuplayout [backspace=16mm, topspace=12mm, header=6mm, headerdistance=10mm, footerdistance=9mm, footer=8mm, width=fit, horoffset=12.7mm, location=middle, height=198mm,

Re: [NTG-context] setuplayout vs Indesign!

2020-08-26 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
at what InDesign calls margins might be termed a > little differently in ConTeXt and I have no experience with InDesign. > > My initial setup was as follows for a paper size defined as > [width=140mm,height=216mm] double-sided setup (in other words a standard > 8.5&

[NTG-context] setuplayout vs Indesign!

2020-08-26 Thread jbf
no experience with InDesign. My initial setup was as follows for a paper size defined as [width=140mm,height=216mm] double-sided setup (in other words a standard 8.5"x5.5" book): \setuplayout [backspace=16mm,     topspace=12mm,     header=6mm,     headerdistance=10mm,     footerdi

Re: [NTG-context] What is required to make \setuplayout work?

2020-05-17 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
. But the following (following the manual and ConTeXtgarden): \setuplayout[leftedge=5mm,top=5mm,rightedge=5mm,bottom=5mm, leftmargin=0mm,rightmargin=0mm, margindistance=0mm,edgedistance=0mm, topdistance=0mm,headerdistance=0mm,footerdistance=0mm,bottomdistance=0mm] \showlayoutcomponents % doesn’t seem to do

[NTG-context] What is required to make \setuplayout work?

2020-05-17 Thread Gerben Wierda
): \setuplayout[leftedge=5mm,top=5mm,rightedge=5mm,bottom=5mm, leftmargin=0mm,rightmargin=0mm, margindistance=0mm,edgedistance=0mm, topdistance=0mm,headerdistance=0mm,footerdistance=0mm,bottomdistance=0mm] \showlayoutcomponents % doesn’t seem to do anything \showframe % this works \starttext \input

[NTG-context] dx in setuplayout problem

2016-09-29 Thread Jean Magnan de Bornier
] \setuppapersize[BC][A4] \setuplayout[nx=2,ny=5,dx=10mm] \setuplayout[location=middle,width=fit,height=fit] \setuppagenumbering[state=stop] \showframe[edge] \starttext moi et moi \stoptext . There is no symmetry in the output as can be seen in the attached file

Re: [NTG-context] How to properly `\setuplayout' for several pages and then restore back?

2015-05-24 Thread Hans Hagen
}, page={yes}, bottom={\vfill}, top={}, ] \setuplayout [contentspage][% footer={\zeropoint}, header={\zeropoint}, ] \setuplayout [contentspage][% footerdistance={\zeropoint}, headerdistance={\zeropoint}, ] \startcontentspagemakeup \setupwhitespace [line

Re: [NTG-context] How to properly `\setuplayout' for several pages and then restore back?

2015-05-24 Thread Alexander Shukaev
][% footerstate={stop}, headerstate={stop}, pagestate={stop}, page={yes}, bottom={\vfill}, top={}, ] \setuplayout [contentspage][% footer={\zeropoint}, header={\zeropoint}, ] \setuplayout [contentspage][% footerdistance={\zeropoint

[NTG-context] How to properly `\setuplayout' for several pages and then restore back?

2015-05-23 Thread Alexander Shukaev
}, top={}, ] \setuplayout [contentspage][% footer={\zeropoint}, header={\zeropoint}, ] \setuplayout [contentspage][% footerdistance={\zeropoint}, headerdistance={\zeropoint}, ] \startcontentspagemakeup \setupwhitespace [line] % ToC \stopcontentspagemakeup and that indeed worked when ToC

[NTG-context] setuplayout with duplex - shifted textarea

2013-10-14 Thread Zenlima
,rightmargin=3.5cm] \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided,location=] \starttext \setuplayout[WithMarginnotes] \dorecurse {6} { \ininner[stack=yes]{\expanded{\dorecurse{2}{IM\recurselevel\space}}}% \inouter[stack=yes]{\expanded{\dorecurse{3}{OM\recurselevel\space}}}% \input

Re: [NTG-context] setuplayout with duplex - shifted textarea

2013-10-14 Thread Hans Hagen
On 10/14/2013 8:00 PM, Zenlima wrote: Hi, I have a both sided document in which I have to switch the layout inside a page. If I do that with text only content it works fine, but as soon I have bigger objects (like a table) the textarea get messed up (shifted horizontally). I added in this

[NTG-context] Heading in setuplayout from a variable

2013-04-26 Thread Cecil Westerhof
It is a long time since I used ConTeXt. I am starting again. I have the following code: \setvariables[meta][type=cecil] \if\getvariable{meta}{type}=cecil \setvariables[meta][ name={Cecil Westerhof}, ] \setvariables[layout][ header=0mm, ] \fi But that does

Re: [NTG-context] Heading in setuplayout from a variable

2013-04-26 Thread Hans Hagen
On 4/26/2013 1:27 PM, Cecil Westerhof wrote: It is a long time since I used ConTeXt. I am starting again. I have the following code: \setvariables[meta][type=cecil] \if\getvariable{meta}{type}=cecil \setvariables[meta][ name={Cecil Westerhof}, ]

[NTG-context] Fwd: Heading in setuplayout from a variable

2013-04-26 Thread Cecil Westerhof
Send to Hans instead of to the list. :-( -- Forwarded message -- From: Cecil Westerhof cldwester...@gmail.com Date: 2013/4/26 Subject: Re: [NTG-context] Heading in setuplayout from a variable To: Hans Hagen pra...@wxs.nl 2013/4/26 Hans Hagen pra...@wxs.nl: On 4/26/2013 1:27 PM

Re: [NTG-context] Heading in setuplayout from a variable

2013-04-26 Thread Cecil Westerhof
2013/4/26 Cecil Westerhof cldwester...@gmail.com: I have the following code: \setvariables[meta][type=cecil] This variable is hard coded. Is it possible to set it with a value I send as a command line parameter? -- Cecil Westerhof

Re: [NTG-context] Heading in setuplayout from a variable

2013-04-26 Thread Hans Hagen
On 4/26/2013 2:35 PM, Cecil Westerhof wrote: 2013/4/26 Cecil Westerhof cldwester...@gmail.com: I have the following code: \setvariables[meta][type=cecil] This variable is hard coded. Is it possible to set it with a value I send as a command line parameter? \getdocumentargument{myargument}

Re: [NTG-context] Heading in setuplayout from a variable

2013-04-26 Thread Cecil Westerhof
2013/4/26 Hans Hagen pra...@wxs.nl: On 4/26/2013 2:35 PM, Cecil Westerhof wrote: 2013/4/26 Cecil Westerhof cldwester...@gmail.com: I have the following code: \setvariables[meta][type=cecil] This variable is hard coded. Is it possible to set it with a value I send as a command line

Re: [NTG-context] \setuplayout question

2012-10-28 Thread Sietse Brouwer
Hi Marcin, The \showlayout produces a page containing the values all the layout variables. http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Command/showlayout Do they answer your question, or not quite? (I'm not too informed qua layout, so I can't help you other than giving this pointer. Sorry. Cheers, Sietse On

Re: [NTG-context] \setuplayout question

2012-10-25 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
to the bottom of the sheet. Which parameter is responsible for that? When the bottomspace has a height of 0pt context assign the topspace value to the register. To have a document which goes till the bottom of the page you have to calculate the text height. \setuplayout [footer=0pt, height

Re: [NTG-context] \setuplayout[location=duplex] not working? (probably since a year)

2012-05-31 Thread Hans Hagen
On 29-5-2012 10:10, Marco Pessotto wrote: Hello there. I'm messing around with imposition schemas and I think I've hit a bug or a dropped feature (but documented in the printed manual). Minimal example: \setuppapersize[A5][A4] \setuplayout[location=duplex] \starttext \dorecurse{20}{ \input

Re: [NTG-context] \setuplayout[location=duplex] not working? (probably since a year)

2012-05-31 Thread Marco Pessotto
Hans Hagen pra...@wxs.nl writes: there is no 'duplex' in context, only 'doublesided' Ok, this just means there is an error in the “Layout in ConTeXt” manual, p.97. Do you want me to create an Errata page on the wiki? -- Marco

Re: [NTG-context] \setuplayout[location=duplex] not working? (probably since a year)

2012-05-31 Thread Hans Hagen
On 31-5-2012 10:43, Marco Pessotto wrote: Hans Hagenpra...@wxs.nl writes: there is no 'duplex' in context, only 'doublesided' Ok, this just means there is an error in the “Layout in ConTeXt” manual, p.97. Do you want me to create an Errata page on the wiki? ok (one for the fonts manual

Re: [NTG-context] \setuplayout[location=duplex] not working? (probably since a year)

2012-05-31 Thread Marco Pessotto
Hans Hagen pra...@wxs.nl writes: On 31-5-2012 10:43, Marco Pessotto wrote: Hans Hagenpra...@wxs.nl writes: there is no 'duplex' in context, only 'doublesided' Ok, this just means there is an error in the “Layout in ConTeXt” manual, p.97. Do you want me to create an Errata page on the

[NTG-context] \setuplayout[location=duplex] not working? (probably since a year)

2012-05-29 Thread Marco Pessotto
Hello there. I'm messing around with imposition schemas and I think I've hit a bug or a dropped feature (but documented in the printed manual). Minimal example: \setuppapersize[A5][A4] \setuplayout[location=duplex] \starttext \dorecurse{20}{ \input knuth } \stoptext As far as I can see

Re: [NTG-context] \setuplayout[location=duplex] not working? (probably since a year)

2012-05-29 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 29.05.2012 um 10:10 schrieb Marco Pessotto: Hello there. I'm messing around with imposition schemas and I think I've hit a bug or a dropped feature (but documented in the printed manual). Minimal example: \setuppapersize[A5][A4] \setuplayout[location=duplex] \starttext

Re: [NTG-context] \setuplayout[location=duplex] not working? (probably since a year)

2012-05-29 Thread Marco Pessotto
in ConTeXt, p.97), I didn't invent it myself. \setuppapersize[A5][A4] \setuplayout[location=doublesided] \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided] \starttext \dorecurse{20}{ \input knuth } \stoptext This indeed works. Thanks. -- Marco

[NTG-context] Scaling in setuplayout does not work with setuparranging

2012-04-25 Thread Steffen Fritzsche
=25.4cm,height=19.05cm] \setuppapersize[SPP43][SPP43] \switchtobodyfont[20pt] \startmode[handout] \setuppapersize[SPP43][A4] \setuplayout[scale=0.5,location=middle] %\setuparranging[2TOP] \stopmode \starttext \startitemize \item item \item item \item item \item item \item item \item item \item item

Re: [NTG-context] bug with \setuplayout[setups=*strict]?

2011-12-11 Thread Pablo Rodríguez
On 12/09/2011 05:27 PM, Hans Hagen wrote: On 8-12-2011 13:40, Pablo Rodríguez wrote: [...] Is there no other way to avoid orphan and widow lines? I need it urgently. \startsetups [*lessstrict] \setup[*\s!reset] \widowpenalty =1000 \clubpenaltie =1000

Re: [NTG-context] bug with \setuplayout[setups=*strict]?

2011-12-09 Thread Hans Hagen
On 8-12-2011 13:40, Pablo Rodríguez wrote: Hi there, I read a previous message on this list form Wolgang that \setuplayout[setups=*strict] is the ConTeXt way to avoid orphan and widow lines. I have tried that before checking that \widowpenalty=1\clubpenalty=1

[NTG-context] bug with \setuplayout[setups=*strict]?

2011-12-08 Thread Pablo Rodríguez
Hi there, I read a previous message on this list form Wolgang that \setuplayout[setups=*strict] is the ConTeXt way to avoid orphan and widow lines. I have tried that before checking that \widowpenalty=1\clubpenalty=1\raggedbottom doesn't change anything on my

[NTG-context] \setuplayout and splitted rotated tables

2011-08-29 Thread Jaroslav Hajtmar
the data at the corresponding position on the page by using layers? Or exist any way to do it using \setuplayout? Thanx Jaroslav Hajtmar Here is my example: % http://source.contextgarden.net/page-lay.mkiv %\showframe \definepapersize[paperportrait][A4] \definepapersize[paperlandscape][A4

[NTG-context] \setuplayout[grid=yes] - undefined control sequence

2011-05-18 Thread Peter Münster
Hello, With this file, I get an undefined control sequence: \setuplayout[grid=yes] \starttext bla \stoptext Thanks for the fixes in the latest beta, Hans! -- Peter ___ If your question is of interest

Re: [NTG-context] \setuplayout fail to \setupinteractionscreen

2011-05-17 Thread Alan Braslau
Still broken, or once again broken. Alan On Tuesday 12 April 2011 23:49:37 Markus Finke wrote: Hello, how can I get a centered paper of A5 on A4 (with crop marks) for the whole document? A minimal example, only the first page looks correctly: \setuppapersize [A5][A4] \setuplayout

Re: [NTG-context] \setuplayout fail to \setupinteractionscreen

2011-05-17 Thread Hans Hagen
On 17-5-2011 10:57, Alan Braslau wrote: Still broken, or once again broken. no upload yet - Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands

Re: [NTG-context] Setuplayout bug?

2011-05-16 Thread Hans Hagen
On 14-5-2011 7:44, Verhaag, G.C.H.M. wrote: I figured out that the problem is caused by the \setupinteraction command. When switching the menu off by setting menu=off, the layout of the text is okay, without the shift! However, when I use you can test the upcoming beta

Re: [NTG-context] Setuplayout bug?

2011-05-16 Thread Verhaag, G.C.H.M.
On 05/16/2011 11:12 AM, Hans Hagen wrote: On 14-5-2011 7:44, Verhaag, G.C.H.M. wrote: I figured out that the problem is caused by the \setupinteraction command. When switching the menu off by setting menu=off, the layout of the text is okay, without the shift! However, when I use you can

Re: [NTG-context] Setuplayout bug?

2011-05-16 Thread Alan Braslau
] [width=17cm,height=24cm] \setuppapersize [page=17x24,paper=A4] \setuplayout [ backspace=3.5cm, leftedgedistance=0.25cm, leftmargin=3cm, leftmargindistance=0.25cm, width=fit, rightmargindistance=0.25cm

Re: [NTG-context] Setuplayout bug?

2011-05-14 Thread Verhaag, G.C.H.M.
On 05/13/2011 10:25 AM, Verhaag, G.C.H.M. wrote: Hi, The \setuplayout command causes problems I don't understand, sorry! I use the following setup in a screen (\setuppapersize[S6][S6]) document: \setuplayout [header=0cm, topspace=.2cm, backspace=.2cm, margin=0cm, width=fit

Re: [NTG-context] Setuplayout bug?

2011-05-14 Thread Hans Hagen
On 14-5-2011 11:15, Verhaag, G.C.H.M. wrote: On 05/13/2011 10:25 AM, Verhaag, G.C.H.M. wrote: Hi, The \setuplayout command causes problems I don't understand, sorry! I use the following setup in a screen (\setuppapersize[S6][S6]) document: \setuplayout [header=0cm, topspace=.2cm, backspace

Re: [NTG-context] Setuplayout bug?

2011-05-14 Thread Verhaag, G.C.H.M.
On 05/14/2011 01:21 PM, Hans Hagen wrote: On 14-5-2011 11:15, Verhaag, G.C.H.M. wrote: On 05/13/2011 10:25 AM, Verhaag, G.C.H.M. wrote: Hi, The \setuplayout command causes problems I don't understand, sorry! I use the following setup in a screen (\setuppapersize[S6][S6]) document

[NTG-context] Setuplayout bug?

2011-05-13 Thread Verhaag, G.C.H.M.
Hi, The \setuplayout command causes problems I don't understand, sorry! I use the following setup in a screen (\setuppapersize[S6][S6]) document: \setuplayout [header=0cm, topspace=.2cm, backspace=.2cm, margin=0cm, width=fit, footer=1cm, bottomdistance=5pt, bottom=20pt

Re: [NTG-context] \setuplayout fails to \setupinteractionscreen

2011-04-13 Thread Markus Finke
ConTeXt is new installed, and it’s OK now. A few days ago I’ve had an online update for my Minimals and maybe there was something broken. ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry

[NTG-context] \setuplayout fail to \setupinteractionscreen

2011-04-12 Thread Markus Finke
Hello, how can I get a centered paper of A5 on A4 (with crop marks) for the whole document? A minimal example, only the first page looks correctly: \setuppapersize [A5][A4] \setuplayout [marking=on,location=middle] \showframe \setupinteraction [state=start] \setupinteractionscreen [option

[NTG-context] definelayout and setuplayout not possible in current beta?

2009-11-11 Thread Andreas Schneider
Hi, as it seems, setuplayout fails with a predefined layout in both MkIV and MkII. The attached example produces the following error: ! Missing number, treated as zero. to be read again

Re: [NTG-context] definelayout and setuplayout not possible in current beta?

2009-11-11 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 11.11.2009 um 17:29 schrieb Andreas Schneider: Hi, as it seems, setuplayout fails with a predefined layout in both MkIV and MkII. The attached example produces the following error: \definelayout[index][ header=0cm, footer=0cm, height=fit, ] Wolfgang

Re: [NTG-context] definelayout and setuplayout not possible in current beta?

2009-11-11 Thread Andreas Schneider
Wolfgang Schuster wrote: Am 11.11.2009 um 17:29 schrieb Andreas Schneider: Hi, as it seems, setuplayout fails with a predefined layout in both MkIV and MkII. The attached example produces the following error: \definelayout[index][ header=0cm, footer=0cm, height=fit

Re: [NTG-context] Crop marks and \setuplayout[nx,ny]

2009-06-08 Thread Nicolas Girard
2009/6/7 Hans Hagen pra...@wxs.nl: Nicolas Girard wrote: i'll add marking=page for that purpose Hi Hans, thanks in advance, that'd be great. I intend to typeset business cards in Context in the near future, i just hope i'll have climbed up the learning curve enough by then. When you dedicate

[NTG-context] Crop marks and \setuplayout[nx,ny]

2009-06-07 Thread Nicolas Girard
][A4] \setuplayout[nx=2,ny=5,dx=1cm,dy=0pt] \setuplayout[location=middle,width=fit,height=fit,marking=on] }{ \setuppapersize[BC][BC] \showframe[edge] } \setuppagenumbering[location=,state=stop] \def\ZapfinoMedium{} \def\ZapfinoBig{} \setupbackgrounds[page][background=blocks] \starttext

Re: [NTG-context] Crop marks and \setuplayout[nx,ny]

2009-06-07 Thread Hans Hagen
Nicolas Girard wrote: Hi, the following code, which I ran with context --mode=print shows crop marks in the middle if the sheet, overlapping the pages. It is legitimate to specify dy=0pt in order to minimize paper cuts. It seems to me like, in the case when dy=0pt, the code dealing with crop

Re: [NTG-context] Crop marks and \setuplayout[nx,ny]

2009-06-07 Thread Nicolas Girard
2009/6/7 Hans Hagen pra...@wxs.nl: i'll add marking=page for that purpose Hi Hans, thanks in advance, that'd be great. I intend to typeset business cards in Context in the near future, i just hope i'll have climbed up the learning curve enough by then. When you dedicate some time to the

[NTG-context] setuplayout - chapter, toc, ... special treatment

2009-04-21 Thread Thomas Prochaska
hi! I've a problem with the setuplayout command. is use the following command for the global text: \setuplayout[backspace=3cm,cutspace=2cm,width=16cm,topspace=2cm,header=0cm, textheight=fit,bottomspace=0cm,footerdistance=1cm,footer=0.5cm,footerspace=0cm, bottomdistance=0cm,bottom=0cm

Re: [NTG-context] setuplayout - chapter, toc, ... special treatment

2009-04-21 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 21.04.2009 um 13:30 schrieb Thomas Prochaska: hi! I've a problem with the setuplayout command. is use the following command for the global text: \setuplayout [backspace=3cm,cutspace=2cm,width=16cm,topspace=2cm,header=0cm, textheight =fit,bottomspace=0cm,footerdistance=1cm,footer

Re: [NTG-context] setuplayout - chapter, toc, ... special treatment

2009-04-21 Thread Thomas Prochaska
Am Dienstag, 21. April 2009 13:49:28 schrieb Wolfgang Schuster: before={\blank[force,3cm]}, wow, thanks! now it's looking fine. regards thomas prochaska ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please

Re: [NTG-context] Still confused about \setuplayout

2008-08-28 Thread Yue Wang
There is a context reference project, you can help to document it~ On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 4:15 PM, Alan Stone [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Do you, or somebody else, know of any such other basic and precious documents which should be included in the main manual, instead of (for whatever reason)

Re: [NTG-context] Still confused about \setuplayout

2008-08-28 Thread Arthur Reutenauer
There is a context reference project, you can help to document it~ I concur. This would be immensely more useful than contributing huge threads and smart-arse remarks to this mailing-list (I especially like the irony of your -- Alan's -- complaints about wasting [your] precious time).

Re: [NTG-context] Still confused about \setuplayout

2008-08-28 Thread Alan Stone
Hi Arthur, I would sooner have you hate me for telling the truth than adore me for telling lies. - Pietro Aretino As for the invitation to the reference project, thanks a lot. I have some work to finish first, then will have some free time to gladly contribute. Wishing you a nice day ( no

Re: [NTG-context] Still confused about \setuplayout

2008-08-27 Thread Alan Stone
with incorrect parameters and/or information, a *serious* cleanup would be most welcome so people don't waste their time figuring out which of the basic stuff really works. Does somebody have a comprehensive overview of the active \setuplayout parameters and their meaning, i.e. where the incorrect

Re: [NTG-context] Still confused about \setuplayout

2008-08-27 Thread Alan Stone
On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 11:17 AM, Aditya Mahajan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Where did you see topheight, headerheight, footerheight, and bottomheight? Perhaps you wanted \setuppapersize[S6][S6] \showframe \showsetups \setuplayout[topspace=15pt, header=15pt, height=middle, footer

Re: [NTG-context] Still confused about \setuplayout

2008-08-27 Thread Hans Hagen
Alan Stone wrote: On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 11:17 AM, Aditya Mahajan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Where did you see topheight, headerheight, footerheight, and bottomheight? Perhaps you wanted \setuppapersize[S6][S6] \showframe \showsetups move the previous line \setuplayout[topspace=15pt

Re: [NTG-context] Still confused about \setuplayout

2008-08-27 Thread Alan Stone
Going back to my example (see below)... Same observations, same questions. Alan \setuppapersize[S6][S6] \setuplayout[topheight=15pt, headerheight=15pt, footerheight=15pt, bottomheight=15pt, leftedgewidth=0pt, leftmarginwidth=0pt, rightmarginwidth=0pt, rightedgewidth

Re: [NTG-context] Still confused about \setuplayout

2008-08-27 Thread Hans Hagen
Alan Stone wrote: Going back to my example (see below)... Same observations, same questions. Alan \setuppapersize[S6][S6] \setuplayout[topheight=15pt, headerheight=15pt, footerheight=15pt, bottomheight=15pt, top,header,footer,bottom etc no height/width appended

Re: [NTG-context] Still confused about \setuplayout

2008-08-27 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Alan Stone wrote: Going back to my example (see below)... Same observations, same questions. The names and values reported by showsetups are not 1-to-1 to the arguments of \setuplayout. If you want to know what you can use in \setuplayout, use any of the manuals, or texshow: http

Re: [NTG-context] Still confused about \setuplayout

2008-08-27 Thread Alan Stone
and values reported by showsetups are not 1-to-1 to the arguments of \setuplayout. If you want to know what you can use in \setuplayout, use any of the manuals, or texshow: http://texshow.contextgarden.net/command/detail/221 That said, it is a little confusing that the table from \showsetups

Re: [NTG-context] Still confused about \setuplayout

2008-08-27 Thread Hans Hagen
Alan Stone wrote: On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 2:41 PM, Hans Hagen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Alan Stone wrote: Going back to my example (see below)... Same observations, same questions. Alan \setuppapersize[S6][S6] \setuplayout[topheight=15pt, headerheight=15pt, footerheight=15pt

Re: [NTG-context] Still confused about \setuplayout

2008-08-27 Thread Alan Stone
On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 2:41 PM, Hans Hagen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Alan Stone wrote: Going back to my example (see below)... Same observations, same questions. Alan \setuppapersize[S6][S6] \setuplayout[topheight=15pt, headerheight=15pt, footerheight=15pt

Re: [NTG-context] Still confused about \setuplayout

2008-08-27 Thread Alan Stone
] \setuplayout[topheight=15pt, headerheight=15pt, footerheight=15pt, bottomheight=15pt, top,header,footer,bottom etc no height/width appended Thanks Hans. - \showsetups output contains a lot of junk, a thorough cleaning would be utmost welcome well, one can roll

Re: [NTG-context] Still confused about \setuplayout

2008-08-27 Thread Hans Hagen
\setuppapersize[S6][S6] \setuplayout[topheight=15pt, headerheight=15pt, footerheight=15pt, bottomheight=15pt, top,header,footer,bottom etc no height/width appended Thanks Hans. - \showsetups output contains a lot of junk, a thorough cleaning would be utmost welcome well, one can roll out

Re: [NTG-context] Still confused about \setuplayout

2008-08-27 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Alan Stone wrote: CanItBeAnyMoreConfusingText ? From left to right, you have: (left)edge (left)edgedistance (left)margin (left)margindistance width (right)margindistance (right)margin (right)edgedistance (right)edge The location of all this on the paper is defined

Re: [NTG-context] Still confused about \setuplayout

2008-08-27 Thread Alan Stone
- \setuplayout texshow page each one listing the same thing similarly or differently using either arguments, parameters and/or variables, the latter of which for the most have nothing to do with the \setuplayout arguments ( or are these parameters, or variables ? ) Best, Alan On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 5:07 PM

Re: [NTG-context] Still confused about \setuplayout

2008-08-27 Thread Alan Stone
On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 4:47 PM, Hans Hagen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: indeed, you have to see these dimensions outwards (so, margindistance, margin, edgedistance, edge ... these extend into the backspace or cutspace depending on left/right) Ahaa. I'm beginning to understand. Meanwhile found

Re: [NTG-context] Still confused about \setuplayout

2008-08-27 Thread Patrick Gundlach
Hi, Meanwhile found the underneath document, which seems to be the most corresponding ( though incomplete compared to pg 24 of the main manual ) Shows a page layout in half size http://levana.de/context/layout/testlay.pdf made with http://modules.contextgarden.net/t-layout Patrick --

Re: [NTG-context] Still confused about \setuplayout

2008-08-27 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Alan Stone wrote: - \showsetups output The \setuplayout parameters are in column one, the query-ing macros are in column four. These are correct. Good to finally know what corresponds to what. It might be useful to put a label mentioning these at the top of both columns. What do you

[NTG-context] Still confused about \setuplayout

2008-08-26 Thread Alan Stone
Hi, Taking S6 = 600pt wide x 450pt heigh for example... \setuppapersize[S6][S6] \showframe \showsetups \setuplayout[topheight=15pt, headerheight=15pt, footerheight=15pt, bottomheight=15pt, leftedgewidth=0pt, leftmarginwidth=0pt, rightmarginwidth=0pt, rightedgewidth=180pt

Re: [NTG-context] Still confused about \setuplayout

2008-08-26 Thread Peter Rolf
Alan Stone schrieb: Hi, Taking S6 = 600pt wide x 450pt heigh for example... \setuppapersize[S6][S6] \showframe \showsetups \setuplayout[topheight=15pt, headerheight=15pt, footerheight=15pt, bottomheight=15pt, leftedgewidth=0pt, leftmarginwidth=0pt, rightmarginwidth

Re: [NTG-context] Still confused about \setuplayout

2008-08-26 Thread Alan Stone
Hi Peter, I meant the showframe and showsetups displays on the pdf document itself, not the document paper printout. Best, Alan ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki!

Re: [NTG-context] Still confused about \setuplayout

2008-08-26 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Tue, 26 Aug 2008, Alan Stone wrote: Hi, Taking S6 = 600pt wide x 450pt heigh for example... \setuppapersize[S6][S6] \showframe \showsetups \setuplayout[topheight=15pt, headerheight=15pt, footerheight=15pt, bottomheight=15pt, leftedgewidth=0pt, leftmarginwidth=0pt

Re: [NTG-context] Still confused about \setuplayout

2008-08-26 Thread Peter Rolf
Alan Stone schrieb: Hi Peter, I meant the showframe and showsetups displays on the pdf document itself, not the document paper printout. oeps, sorry :) you simply use some wrong parameter here (names of internal dimensions). e.g. use 'footer=15pt' instead of 'footerheight=15pt'. best

Re: [NTG-context] \setuplayout question

2008-08-13 Thread Alan Stone
: Hi, Some/oftentimes, the more I read the scattered documentation, the more I'm confused... and wasting my valuable time testing and trying to figure out how things work. (1) main layout areas: keywords to \setuplayout: header text footer dimension variables: \headerheight

[NTG-context] Manual wishlist (was Re: \setuplayout question)

2008-08-13 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Hi all, Alan Stone wrote: Pages and pages and pages skillfully resumed in a few, targeted and simple lines. Keyword: the system is set up in such a way that... Something to consider for the manual updates ? A remark from me may be in order: while I am indeed busy working on some of

[NTG-context] \setuplayout question

2008-08-12 Thread Alan Stone
An Excursion, page 74 page 71, \setuplayout command parameters topspace dimension top(not referenced) topheight (not referenced) page 74, table 33.2 parameters for page design. topspace \topspace top(not referenced) topheight \topheight (3

Re: [NTG-context] \setuplayout question

2008-08-12 Thread Hans Hagen
Alan Stone wrote: Hi, Some/oftentimes, the more I read the scattered documentation, the more I'm confused... and wasting my valuable time testing and trying to figure out how things work. (1) main layout areas: keywords to \setuplayout: header text footer dimension variables

[NTG-context] \setuplayout with marking but WITHOUT number

2007-12-21 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Hi, see the following example, please: \definepapersize[Small][width=15cm,height=7.5cm] \setuppapersize[Small][A46,landscape] \setuplayout [width=15cm,height=7.5cm,backspace=-0cm, location=middle,marking=on,grid=no] \starttext\setupheadertexts[] \centerline{TEXT} \stoptext How

Re: [NTG-context] \setuplayout with marking but WITHOUT number

2007-12-21 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 18:40:08 +0100 Steffen Wolfrum [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, see the following example, please: \definepapersize[Small][width=15cm,height=7.5cm] \setuppapersize[Small][A46,landscape] \setuplayout [width=15cm,height=7.5cm,backspace=-0cm, location=middle

Re: [NTG-context] \setuplayout with marking but WITHOUT number

2007-12-21 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Or even worse, how do I get rid of those fat white numbers in the nice color fields: \setupcolors[state=start] \definepapersize[Small][width=15cm,height=7.5cm] \setuppapersize[Small][A46,landscape] \setuplayout [width=15cm,height=7.5cm,backspace=-0cm, location=middle,marking

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