[NTG-context] Re: imposition: getting to the last page of a booklet

28 Feb 2024

      On 2/28/24 12:24, Pablo Rodriguez via ntg-context wrote:
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This is why beforequadruple would make sense. I guess some Lua magic
could do that, computing x to the follwing page that "x % 4 = 3" (and
then \page[x]).
I will try to find a trick for that, but not now.
Replying to myself, this is a command to compute next numbers before and
after quadruples (with application to \realpageno):

 \starttext
  \def\beforequadruplenumber#1%
    {\ifnum\modulonumber{4}{#1} = 1
       \the\numexpr #1 + 2
     \orelse\ifnum\modulonumber{4}{#1} = 2
       \the\numexpr #1 + 1
     \orelse\ifnum\modulonumber{4}{#1} = 3
       \the\numexpr #1 + 4
      \else
       \the\numexpr #1 + 3
     \fi}

  \def\afterquadruplenumber#1%
    {\ifnum\modulonumber{4}{#1} = 1
       \the\numexpr #1 + 4
     \orelse\ifnum\modulonumber{4}{#1} = 2
       \the\numexpr #1 + 3
     \orelse\ifnum\modulonumber{4}{#1} = 3
       \the\numexpr #1 + 2
      \else
       \the\numexpr #1 +1
     \fi}

  \dorecurse{25}{\recurselevel: \beforequadruplenumber{\recurselevel}\\}
  \dorecurse{25}{\recurselevel: \afterquadruplenumber{\recurselevel}\\}

  %\page[123]
  %\null
  \page[\beforequadruplenumber{\realpageno}]
  before quadruple
  \page[\afterquadruplenumber{\realpageno}]
  afterquadruple
  \stoptext

Michael, if this fits your needs, please add it to the wiki.

I hope it helps,

Pablo