Tuesday, March 25, 2003 Hans Hagen wrote: HH> \starttext HH> \setupcolors[state=start] HH> \definetextbackground[gb][state=start] HH> \startuseMPgraphic{mpos:par:columnset} HH> for i := 1 upto nofmultipars : HH> fill multipars[i] enlarged 5pt cornered 5pt withcolor green ; HH> draw multipars[i] enlarged 5pt cornered 5pt withcolor red ; HH> endfor ; HH> \stopuseMPgraphic HH> \input tufte \blank HH> \starttextbackground[gb] HH> \dorecurse{10}{\input tufte \par} HH> \stoptextbackground HH> \blank \input tufte HH> \stoptext HH> they split, can have corners, lay behind the text, ... Ok, I start to see the picture: one must use MetaPost. I can accept that :) (even if it's somewhat clumsier, but this is no problem, one can write interfaces for that). The problem is still that I cannot separate the behaviour at the end of the background from the behaviour at a split. What I'm looking for is something like this: /-------------------------------\ | text text text text text text | | text text text text text text | | text text text text text text | | text text text text text text | ---- (page split) -------------- | text text text text text text | | text text text text text text | | text text text text text text | | text text text text text text | \-------------------------------/ Instead, what I get is this: /-------------------------------\ | text text text text text text | | text text text text text text | | text text text text text text | | text text text text text text | \-------------------------------/ ---- (page split) -------------- /-------------------------------\ | text text text text text text | | text text text text text text | | text text text text text text | | text text text text text text | \-------------------------------/ Can the first effect be achieved? -- Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta