Re: [NTG-context] Layout with equal margins.

As Wolfgang mentions, the whitespace at the left margin is set with “backspace=60pt” If the whitespace at the right margin of the papersize should be equal to the backspace you also can use \setuplayout [backspace=60pt, width=middle, topspace=“your topspace”, height=middle] Kind regards Willi

On 21 May 2023, at 13:56, Pawel Urbanski via ntg-context wrote:

Dear Friends,

I played wih hte setup and read the posts on the list. Apparently the mechanism for setting different margins can be confusing at times. At least, it is for a beginner.

I want to create 2 versions of my book:

Version 1: Goes to printing with different inner and outer margins due to binding and so on,

Version 2: Can be downloaded and the left and right margins are equal size.

I want ot keep the 6x9 size of a page, which is: 432x648pt. The sum of margins in both cases is 120pt. It leaves 312pt for the text content.

When I do hte following:

\setuplayout[

alternative=doublesided, width=fit, height=fit,

leftmargin=60pt, leftmargin=60pt, ...]

The makeup width and text width is calculated as 472pt and the margin appears to be set just on one side.

I set both cutspace and backspace to 0pt. I assumed that either value is a particular area of the page.

Has any one of you handled such a case? I'll be very glad to get some directions.

I can create a simple document with modes or documents to illustrate my case if needed...

Thank you,

Pawel

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