My latest project is almost finished. I have a few comments
and questions.
The book consists of one part with five unnumbered chapters
followed by a second part of 101 numbered chapters, and
some endmatter. I was unable to make the Context version
of the TOC to single space these 110 or so chapter entries
which made the whole TOC longer (more pages) than desired.
So I threw Eplain into the mix and typeset the TOC only
using the Eplain macros. If there is a way to single space
the TOC using the regular Context macros I will be happy to
eliminate the Eplain, which may solve some of the other
problems.
The last six pages consist of an order form, a page of text,
and another order form, all backed up by blank pages for
six pages total. The order form is created with some
\framedtext and \starttable trickery. It compiles fine by
itself but gives errors in the \starttable etc. when
combined with the main body of the book. It will also
coexist with the front matter, so eplain is probably not
the culprit. In any case at the moment I have two correct
pdfs which I will try to knit together with psmerge or
something similar.
I used a conventional construction of the job, with a main
file which calls subordinate files. In this mode I ended up
with two unwanted blank pages after the index. If however
I put the \stoptext statement at the end of the main
subordinate file the unwanted blank pages disappear. Here
is the construction of the main file:
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\input fonts.tex
\input macros.tex
\input part.tex
\starttext
\startfrontmatter
\input half.tex
\input title.tex
{\tfx
\input copy.tex
}
\noheaderandfooterlines
\leftline{\tfb\bf\ss Table of Contents}
\blank[big]
\readtocfile\rm
\page[yes]
\noheaderandfooterlines
\stopfrontmatter
\startbodymatter
\setupwhitespace[medium]
\noheaderandfooterlines
\input body.tex
%\input order.tex %the last six pages start here
%\input flyer.tex
%\input order.tex
\stopbodymatter
\stoptext
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If I insert a \stoptext statement at the end of the
body.tex file then I lose the unwanted blank pages. Are
they a byproduct of the \stopbodymatter statement?
--
John Culleton
Able Typesetters and Indexers
http://wexfordpress.com
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