On Thu, 5 Nov 2020 at 11:57, Henri Menke <he...@henrimenke.de> wrote:
> %D The default dimensions are quite old and will not change. The funny > fractions > %D were introduced when we went from fixed dimensions to relative ones. > Since > %D \CONTEXT\ is a dutch package, the dimensions are based on the metric > system. > The > %D asymmetrical layout is kind of handy for short quick||and||dirty stapled > %D documents. > > > https://github.com/contextgarden/context-mirror/blob/343fdd99ef79884fca1f86b49c950e03939aeedf/tex/context/base/mkiv/page-lay.mkiv#L1373-L1377 So it's for backward compatibility then. Thanks for the nice anecdote!
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