Patrick Gundlach wrote:
> > still gives me no overlayed color.
> you have set \setupcolors[state=start] ?
That was the culprit, apparently. I defined it in my definition for the color band
but since it was grouped in that def it did not transfer. Now the original [page]
option works as expected; [text] [leftmargin] places color in the left margin. This
is the working file, if any wants to play with it:
Best wishes
Idris
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%\setupoutput[pdftex] %
\definepapersize[journal][width=5.5in,
height=8.5in]
\setuppapersize[journal][letter]
\setuplayout[top=2cm,marking=on,width=middle,location=middle] %
\setuppagenumber[state=stop]
\def\ALAVIband{\midaligned{
\vbox{\hsize=7cm
\setupcolors[state=start]
\setupbackground[background=color,
foregroundcolor=white,
backgroundcolor=blue,
]
\startbackground
\hbox{}\vskip14pt
\midaligned{\tfa THE ALAVI FOUNDATION}
\stopbackground
}
}
}
\setuptoptexts[\ALAVIband]
\defineoverlay[backgr][{\externalfigure[elements2.eps]}]
\setupcolors[state=start]
\setupbackgrounds[page][leftmargin][background={color,backgr},
backgroundcolor=green]
\starttext
\input tufte
\stoptext
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