Hi Rik, Thanks a lot for the link to that message dating back to 2010…
I tried to put that solution on the wiki but I could not create a new page. I'll try later. For the record, below is a transcript of what I adapted from Wolfgang's solution, but maybe nowadays one could also right a more readable lua code to achieve the same. Best regards: Otared K. \define\thinrulesfillpage% { \hphantom{Answer} % this is necessary, I don't know why... \blank \scratchcounter\dimexpr(\pagegoal-\pagetotal-2\lineheight)/(\dimexpr\lineheight+2.2ex\relax)\relax \thinrules[n=\number\scratchcounter,inbetween={\blank[2.2ex]}] \page } \showframe \starttext \dorecurse{2}{\input knuth.tex\par} \thinrulesfillpage \thinrulesfillpage \input ward.tex \thinrulesfillpage \stoptext > On 7 Dec 2019, at 03:49, Rik Kabel <cont...@rik.users.panix.com> wrote: > > On 12/6/2019 17:50, Otared Kavian wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I am preparing a test for my students where I would like to have the >> statement of the problem on the top of a page and the remainder to the >> bottom of that page filled with \thinrules, for them to write the solution. >> And sometimes there might be an empty page filled with thinrules when the >> solution to the exercise is longer. >> >> The following minimal example gives the idea of what I want to achieve, but >> since the statement of each exercise may be longer or shorter, I would like >> ConTeXt to compute how many \thinrules can be put in the remainder of the >> page. >> That is, can one imagine a macro named (say) \fillpagewiththinrules which >> puts the exact number of thinrules before ejecting the page? >> Is this possible or have I to do it by hand for each page? >> >> \showframe >> \starttext >> \dorecurse{2}{\input knuth.tex\par} >> >> \thinrules[n=20] % On the first page I can put 20 thinrules >> >> \page >> >> \thinrules[n=40] % On an empty page I can put 40 thinrules >> \page >> >> \input ward.tex >> >> \thinrules[n=37] % On the third page there can be 37 thinrules >> >> \stoptext >> >> Thanks for any hint and help, >> Best regards: Otared K. >> ___________________________________________________________________________________ >> 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://context.aanhet.net >> >> archive : >> https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ >> >> wiki : >> http://contextgarden.net >> >> ___________________________________________________________________________________ >> > It looks like Wolfgang answered this a while back. See Re: [NTG-context] Room > for comment on the backside of form. . > > -- > Rik > > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > 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://context.aanhet.net > archive : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ > 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://context.aanhet.net archive : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________