The example is not working correctly for me with the 23 Dec. beta. If I set a larger footer size for the first page, that larger size is carried over to all the rest of the document.
Here's my code: \setuplayout[% width=middle, backspace=15mm, topspace=10mm, height=254mm, header=5mm, headerdistance=5mm, footer=5mm, % Normal footer size footerdistance=5mm, grid=tolerant] \definelayout[first][% Larger footer on first page footer=15mm, footerdistance=5mm] On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 12:20 PM, Andreas Harder <ahar...@uni-koblenz.de> wrote: > > On 13.12.2011, at 16:44, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > >> >> Am 13.12.2011 um 16:26 schrieb Andreas Harder: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> would someone please enlighten me. What is the correct usage of >>> \definelayout? >>> >>> \definelayout[default][width=middle,height=middle,header=0pt,footer=0pt] >>> % \setuplayout[default] % needed? >>> \definelayout[first] [default][header=2cm] >>> \definelayout[unknown][default]%[reset] >>> % \definelayout[2] [default]%[reset] >>> \definelayout[last] [default][footer=2cm] >>> >>> \starttext \showframe % \checkcurrentlayout >>> %% Variant A: fails with \default[unknown] >>> first\page unknown=(2)\page \page unknown=(3)\page last >>> >>> %% Variant B: fails with \definelayout[2] >>> % first\page unknown=(2)=last >>> \stoptext >>> >>> By the way the output differs with the latest beta in comparison with the >>> latest experimental. >> >> Hans changed part of the \setuplayout code in the last betas (there are more >> than you can see in the ctx suite). >> >> When context checks the layout (happens with \starttext and when it starts a >> new page) it test for the following defined layouts: >> >> • “<pagenumber>” >> • “-<pagenumber>” >> • “last” (is only used for the last page of the document) >> • “first” (is only used for the first page of the document) >> • “unknown” >> • “current” >> • “odd” and “even” (used for left and right pages) >> >> All entries in this list are reserved names but you can also define your own >> layout but in this case >> you have to enable it with \setuplayout[<name>]. >> >> One of the new features in MkIV is that layout parameters can be inherited, >> e.g. when >> you define a layout with the name “one” {\definelayout[one][..,..=..,..]) >> and another one with >> the name two (\definelayout[two][one][..,..=..,..]) this will take the >> values from one of there >> are nothing set for a value from one and when there is also nothing set for >> one the global >> values are used (\setuplayout[..,..=..,..]). > > Hi Wolfgang, > > I modified the example (hopefully in a meaningful manner). I get the desired > output with the old beta, but it still fails with todays beta. > > \setuplayout [width=middle,height=middle,header=0pt,footer=0pt] > \definelayout[first] [header=2cm] > \definelayout[last] [footer=2cm] > \definelayout[current] > > \starttext \showframe % \checkcurrentlayout > % \dorecurse{2}{test\page} % last is wrong > \dorecurse{5}{test\page} % page 2 and „last“ are wrong > \stoptext > > > Andreas > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > 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 : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ > wiki : http://contextgarden.net > ___________________________________________________________________________________ -- Peter Park Nelson peter.park.nel...@gmail.com ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________