Re: [NTG-context] page arrangement

25 Dec 2003

      Hi Hans,

thanks you for your solution of the page arrangement. It behaves well but it
adds two empty sheets
and if
   (number of pages) mod 4 != 0
also it adds an empty sheet between two last. I try to illustrate by table:

                   sheet contains pages:         desired pages on theet:
#pages  #sheets     1   2   3   4   5   6   7     1   2   3   4
1             5    1-  --  --  --  --            1-
2             5    1-  --  2-  --  --            1-  2-
3             5    13  --  2-  --  --            13  2-
4             4    13  24  --  --                13  24
5             7    13  24  5-  --  --  --  --    13  24  5-  --
6             7    13  24  5-  --  6-  --  --    13  24  5-  6-
7             7    13  24  57  --  6-  --  --    13  24  57  6-
8             6    13  24  57  68  --  --        13  24  57  68
- = empty page

Here is testing code:
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\setuppapersize[A5,landscape][A4]
\setuparranging[4SIDE]
%\setuppagenumbering[alternative=singlesided]

\newcount\N

\starttext
  \switchtobodyfont[20pt]
  \loop
    \advance\N by1
    \vfill
    \cbox{Page \the\N}
    \vfill\eject
  \ifnum\N<8\repeat
\stoptext
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Thank you
Vit Zyka
...
...
I'd like to arrange A5 landscape pages to A4 in this order
 -------     -------        -------    -------       -------   -------
 |   1    |     |    2   |        |    5   |    |    6   |       |    9
|   |   10  |
 -------     -------        -------    -------       -------   -------
 |   3    |     |    4   |        |    7   |    |    8   |       |   11
|   |   12  |
 -------     -------        -------    -------       -------   -------
\installpagearrangement 4SIDE
   {\dosetuparrangement{1}{2}{4}{2}{3}%
\pusharrangedpageFOURSIDE\poparrangedpagesFOURSIDE\handlearrangedpageTOP}
...
\def\pusharrangedpageFOURSIDE#1%
   {\doglobal\increment\arrangedpageN
    \reportarrangedpage\arrangedpageN
    \ifcase\arrangedpageN
    \or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}000\arrangedpageA %  1
    \or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}000\arrangedpageC %  2
    \or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}000\arrangedpageB %  1
    \or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}000\arrangedpageD %  2
      \poparrangedpages
    \fi}
\def\poparrangedpagesFOURSIDE
   {\bgroup
    \gdef\arrangedpageN{2}%
    \poparrangedpagesTWO
    \let\arrangedpageA\arrangedpageC
    \let\arrangedpageB\arrangedpageD
    \gdef\arrangedpageN{2}%
    \poparrangedpagesTWO
    \egroup}
\setuppapersize[A5,landscape][A4]
\setuparranging[4SIDE]
\starttext
\dorecurse{20}{\input tufte \page}
\stoptext