Consider this slightly altered text from a mock-up I did for page headers: % Set up double-sided page numbering, backspace, and margins. \setuppagenumbering[location=footer,alternative=doublesided]
% Use a format that does not autonumber chapters. % Put at least the chapter in the heading. % Center the heading and put whitespace between the header and % the chapter heading. \setupheadertexts[chapter][] \setuphead[chapter][page=right,after={\blank[2*big]},alternative=middle] \starttext \language[en] \startfrontmatter \setuppagenumbering[conversion=romannumerals] \startstandardmakeup \midaligned{\tfc \cap{Title}} \blank[small] \midaligned{\cap{Subtitle}} \vfill \stopstandardmakeup \startstandardmakeup[doublesided=no] \midaligned{\tfd \cap{Big Title}} \blank[medium] \midaligned{\tfc \cap{Subtitle}} \vfill \stopstandardmakeup \startstandardmakeup[page=no] \vfill Indicia Page \stopstandardmakeup \setuppagenumber[number=5] \setupfooter[state=empty] \setupheader[state=empty,high,nomarking] \completecontent[alternative=c] \chapter{Publisher's Introduction} \setupheader[state=empty] . . . \stopfrontmatter \startbodymatter \def\HeadTitle#1#2% {\hbox to \hsize {\hfil{#2}\hfil}} \setuphead[chapter][command=\HeadTitle] \setuppagenumbering[conversion=numbers] \setuppagenumber[number=1] \chapter{Introduction} \setupheadertexts[chapter][Basic Concepts] \setupheader[state=empty] \stopbodymatter On Tue, 2008-07-08 at 13:31 -0400, John Culleton wrote: > This message seems not to have gone through. Therefore I am resending > it. > > ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- > > Subject: chapter page on right. > Date: Tuesday 08 July 2008 > From: John Culleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl> > > I have set up the \chapter command thus; > \setuphead[chapter][page=right,style={\nimbua},header=high] > ....where nimbua is a font. > > The chapter head appears on a recto (odd numbered) page as expected > but the verso blank page inserted where necessary before the chapter > head has a running header. It should be blank. I can kludge this up > with a wrapper macro containing \ifodd\pageno etc. but it seems > there should be a more Contextish way to handle it. ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 ___________________________________________________________________________________