Hi Gerben! On 2012-01-14 00:43, Gerben Wierda wrote: > but I forgot how to do something like width=\paperwidth-2cm (not > like that obviously, but I have forgotten how to do simple > addition and subtraction with dimensions in TeX)
See TeXbook p. 118f. > So, how do I set a margin of 1cm all around the makeup area? Does the following fit your needs? ································································· \newdimen\myborderoffset \myborderoffset=1cm \definelayout[mypage][page] \setuplayout [mypage][ backspace=\myborderoffset, topspace=\myborderoffset, ] \setuplayout[mypage] \showframe \def\docowpage{% \rotate[rotation=90]{\externalfigure[cow][width=\vsize,height=\hsize]}\page% } \starttext \dorecurse{5}{\docowpage} \stoptext ································································· Regards, Philipp > > G > > On 14 Jan 2012, at 00:06, Aditya Mahajan wrote: > > > On Fri, 13 Jan 2012, Gerben Wierda wrote: > > > >> How do I create a page with maximum text width, text height? I tried using > >> \setuplayout with stuff like [textwidth=\pagewidth-1cm], but nothing > >> happens. I need empty pages with minimum margins, just to be able to put > >> other PDF's in that space. > > > > \setuplayout[page], or if you want to do this for only one page, > > \adaptlayout[page] > > > > 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 : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ > > wiki : http://contextgarden.net > > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > 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 > ___________________________________________________________________________________ -- () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments
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