On Monday 27 November 2006 19:44, Aditya Mahajan wrote:
\definepapersize [bok] [width=6.0in,height=9.0in] \setuppapersize [bok] [letter] \setuplayout [marking=on,margin=.5in,textwidth=4.5in,width=middle,location=middle] \setupcolors [state=start]
\noheaderandfooterlines
\startuseMPgraphic{bg} boolean debug ; debug := false ; path Page ; Page = (fullsquare xyscaled (\overlaywidth, \overlayheight)) ; path p ; p := Page enlarged -10mm ; path q ; q := Page enlarged -15mm ; if debug : draw Page withcolor green; draw p withcolor red ; draw q withcolor blue ; fi ; drawoptions(withcolor .85white) ; fill reverse topboundary q -- topboundary p -- cycle ; fill reverse bottomboundary q -- bottomboundary p -- cycle ; drawoptions(withcolor .65white) ; fill reverse leftboundary q -- leftboundary p -- cycle ; fill reverse rightboundary q -- rightboundary p -- cycle ; setbounds currentpicture to Page ; \stopuseMPgraphic
\defineoverlay[coverpage][\useMPgraphic{bg}]
\starttext \setupbackgrounds[page] [background=coverpage]
\centerline{Part I} \vskip .4in \centerline{Prerequisite for Success:} \vskip .2in \centerline{A Thorough Understanding} \vfil \tfa
\page[yes] \setupbackgrounds[page] [background=]
\input knuth
\stoptext
That works perfectly without my kludgy workarounds. Therefore that is what I will use! Many thanks. -- John Culleton Able Indexing and Typesetting Precision typesetting (tm) at reasonable cost. Satisfaction guaranteed. http://wexfordpress.com