On Fri, 7 Dec 2007, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky wrote: > 2) I was always scared by explanation of \showlayout on texshow: > > "Horizontal: (if singleside then outside is at right and inside is at left) > =========== > width => width of text area > middle: automatic calculation consider A) params > fit: automatic calculation consider A)+B) params > dimension: cutspace should be 0 and is calculated according to backspace > > A) params: (\paperwidth=\backspace+\makeupwidth+\cutspace) > backspace => width of inner margin > cutspace => width of outer margin (if 0 then = backspace!) > "... > > and so on. It looks like a program, not manual, and I never understood it, > despite it explains very important concept, missed on Wiki -- 'fit' and > 'middle' options. Can someone throw a light on these?
There are some nice examples in the context manual. Different layout settings and how the typeset page looks. Also try the t-layout package by Patrick. It helped me a lot to see how the layout will look like. Aditya ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________
