Paul, I can't really address the bulk of your question (I consider myself a beginner in the art of the \layout, and am still working through some of its invocation options), but I do notice a couple things: Paul Tremblay said this at Thu, 3 Mar 2005 02:45:01 -0500:
\definelayout[odd][ header=2in, % the space for headers footer=2in, % the space for footers height=7in % the height of the body text ]
This (nominally, without use of page=high or some such) leaves three inches for the body text. Unlike the right/left margin, header/footer space is considered part of the textblock's height. I don't know the historical reasons for this, but it makes a kind of sense.
\definelayout[even][ header=2in, % the space for headers footer=2in, % the space for footers height=4in % the height of the body text ]
This, then, leaves zero height for the main body text, which is why I see only a single line typeset on even pages. \showframe is your esteemed friend in debugging these matters. -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Adam T. Lindsay, Computing Dept. atl@comp.lancs.ac.uk Lancaster University, InfoLab21 +44(0)1524/510.514 Lancaster, LA1 4WA, UK Fax:+44(0)1524/510.492 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-