Am 07.02.2026 um 22:38 schrieb Henning Hraban Ramm:
Hi again,
unfortunately, there’s no official documentation about layers.
There are a few options for layers that nobody seems to use (didn’t find
anything in the ML archives) and that I don’t understand. Please give me
a hint what these mean or for what they’re meant:
* dx, dy: offset, but why use this instead of x,y or hoffset,voffset?
* sx, sy: scaling?
* option=test
You have to set the option with \definelayer and it put a frame around
the layer content.
* region=<Name> (page regions, but how? no effect in setlayer)
* position=no/yes/overlay
When you use position=yes you can place a layer within running text and
context leaves a gap in the paragraph, where it places the layer content
afterwards.
* direction=normal/reverse (page order?)
* doublesided=yes/no (necessary for doublesided layouts or not?)
You have to set thhis option with \definelayer to use the second
optional argument of \setlayer to control whether your layer is placed
on an odd or even page.
* method=overlay/fit (normal vs. TEXpage?)
Wolfgang
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