As Wolfgang mentions, the whitespace at the left margin is set with “backspace=60pt”
If the whitespace at the right margin of the papersize should be equal to the backspace you also can use \setuplayout [backspace=60pt, width=middle, topspace=“your topspace”, height=middle] Kind regards Willi > On 21 May 2023, at 13:56, Pawel Urbanski via ntg-context <ntg-context@ntg.nl> > wrote: > > Dear Friends, > > I played wih hte setup and read the posts on the list. Apparently the > mechanism for setting different margins can be confusing at times. At least, > it is for a beginner. > > > I want to create 2 versions of my book: > > Version 1: Goes to printing with different inner and outer margins due to > binding and so on, > > Version 2: Can be downloaded and the left and right margins are equal size. > > > I want ot keep the 6x9 size of a page, which is: 432x648pt. The sum of > margins in both cases is 120pt. It leaves 312pt for the text content. > > > When I do hte following: > > \setuplayout[ > > alternative=doublesided, width=fit, height=fit, > > leftmargin=60pt, leftmargin=60pt, ...] > > The makeup width and text width is calculated as 472pt and the margin appears > to be set just on one side. > > I set both cutspace and backspace to 0pt. I assumed that either value is a > particular area of the page. > > > Has any one of you handled such a case? I'll be very glad to get some > directions. > > I can create a simple document with modes or documents to illustrate my case > if needed... > > > Thank you, > > Pawel > > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the > Wiki! > > maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / > https://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context > webpage : https://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://context.aanhet.net > archive : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ > wiki : https://contextgarden.net > ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / https://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : https://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://context.aanhet.net archive : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ wiki : https://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________
