Thanks Taco.
I am somewhat confused myself as to why this is generally considered to be so confusing.
What's most confusing are the:
- wiki layout explanation at http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Layout
- \showsetups output
- excursion manual, table 33.2 page 74
- main manual page 24
- \setuplayout texshow page
each one listing the same thing similarly or differently using either
arguments, parameters
and/or variables, the latter of which for the most have nothing to do with
the \setuplayout
arguments ( or are these parameters, or variables ? )
Best,
Alan
On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 5:07 PM, Taco Hoekwater
Alan Stone wrote:
CanItBeAnyMoreConfusingText ?
From left to right, you have:
(left)edge (left)edgedistance (left)margin (left)margindistance width (right)margindistance (right)margin (right)edgedistance (right)edge
The location of all this on the paper is defined by backspace, which gives the distance between the appropriate (left or right) edge of the text width and the physical paper edge.
Similar logic applies in the vertical direction. \showlayout will give the current values and keys (put it after \starttext, it generates four pages of typeset information). I am somewhat confused myself as to why this is generally considered to be so confusing.
In vertical mode, it goes like this
top topdistance header headerdistance textheight footerdistance footer bottomdistance bottom
"height" sets up the dimension that controls the inner five areas (header ... footer). "topspace" is the distance between the vertical top edge of the paper and the top of "header".
You can put \showlayout after \starttext. It will generate four pages of settings (because of double-sided ness).
Best wishes, Taco