Re: [NTG-context] margin text

On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 9:56 AM, Robert Blackstone wrote:

Thu, 25 Mar 2010 13:26:19 +0100 luigi scarso wrote:

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What should I do to get the page in the middle of the paper so to speak, instead of shifted to the left, which happens with \setuplayout[location=middle]?? I tried specifying leftedgewidth but that does not change anything. hm, strange, try

\setuppapersize[A4][A3] \setuplayout[location=middle,             backspace=23mm,             margin=15mm,margindistance=3mm,             width=fit,             ] \setupinmargin[left][align=left,foregroundcolor=red] \setupinmargin[right][align=right,foregroundcolor=blue] \showlayout \starttext ..... -- luigi

Thank you, Luigi. This code gives a nice result with the page sitting neatly centered on the paper.

However, when I increase the margin width to 25mm all gets shifted to the left. Both margins get 25 width, the right margin stays within the boundaries of the A4 paper, the left one is pushed outside. One would have expected that with width=fit, the increase of marginwidth would go at the expense of textwidth and that location=middle will still dictate the overall position. But no, it does not work that way apparently. Setting  margin=20mm is about the limit. Even setting textwidth to a small size, for example 10 cm, does not work to keep the page inside the paper. The extra white space all shows up at the right side as an enormously wide rightedge while the left margin is still partly outside the paper. In other words: location=middle does not work. Strange indeed. for expected behavior must be backspace >= margin + margindistance Try backspace=23mm,margin=21mm,margindistance=2mm, backspace=23mm,margin=23mm,margindistance=0mm, backspace=23mm,margin=18mm,margindistance=0mm, backspace=23mm,margin=2mm,margindistance=21mm,

Is there anything that could be done about this? And would it be possible to different margin width for the right and left margin?

yes there are right and left dimensions, but you should definitely experiments with them -- luigi