... Thanks to Marco and Wolfgang for the solution - both ideas work well. I also added a test to print the page number, so the whole code is: ---- \defineoverlay[Bkg][\doif{\pagenumber}{1}{\externalfigure[cow]}] \setupbackgrounds[paper][background=Bkg] \def\MyPageNumber#1{\doifelse{\pagenumber}{1}{}{\pagenumber}} \setuppagenumbering[location={footer,middle},command=\MyPageNumber] \starttext \noheaderandfooterlines \dorecurse{5}{\input knuth\par} \stoptext ---- Best regards, Lukas -- Ing. Lukáš Procházka [mailto:LPr@pontex.cz] Pontex s. r. o. [mailto:pontex@pontex.cz] [http://www.pontex.cz] Bezová 1658 147 14 Praha 4 Tel: +420 244 062 238 Fax: +420 244 461 038

Thanks for the code - - actually, I'm not trying to create a "typical book" title page but just a kind of "cover" page. But I'll keep your suggestion in mind, I may use it in the future. Thanks anyway. Best regards, Lukas On Wed, 02 May 2012 15:22:01 +0200, Alan BRASLAU wrote:

On Wed, 2 May 2012 14:24:24 +0200 Wolfgang Schuster wrote:

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Am 02.05.2012 um 09:45 schrieb Procházka Lukáš Ing. - Pontex s. r. o.:

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how to specify the page background for the first page only and how to start page numbering from the second page?

\defineoverlay[Bkg][\doif{\pagenumber}{1}{\externalfigure[cow]}]

\setupbackgrounds[paper][background=Bkg]

\starttext \noheaderandfooterlines \dorecurse{5}{\input knuth\par} \stoptext

If you want to create a title page (which may not be your intention), why not simply

\definemakeup[titlepage][align=middle] \defineoverlay[COW][\externalfigure[cow]]

\starttext \setupbackgrounds[page][background=COW] \starttitlepagemakeup A title \stoptitlepagemakeup \setupbackgrounds[page][background=] \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided,way=bytext] \dorecurse{5}{\input knuth\par} \stoptext

-- Ing. Lukáš Procházka [mailto:LPr@pontex.cz] Pontex s. r. o. [mailto:pontex@pontex.cz] [http://www.pontex.cz] Bezová 1658 147 14 Praha 4 Tel: +420 244 062 238 Fax: +420 244 461 038

Am 02.05.2012 um 15:49 schrieb Procházka Lukáš Ing. - Pontex s. r. o.:

... One more question. Let's have three cases - some of them hide the page number on the first page, some of them don't.

The question is - why:

---- 1 - OK, no page number on page 1 \def\MyPageNumber#1{\doifelse{\pagenumber}{1}{}{\pagenumber}} % Testing \pagenumber

\setuppagenumbering[location={footer,middle},command=\MyPageNumber]

\starttext %\noheaderandfooterlines % COMMAND NOT USED \dorecurse{5}{\input knuth\par} \stoptext ----

---- 2 - BAD, page number IS on page 1 \def\MyPageNumber#1{\doifelse{#1}{1}{}{\pagenumber}} % Testing #1 instead of \pagenumber

\setuppagenumbering[location={footer,middle},command=\MyPageNumber]

\starttext %\noheaderandfooterlines % COMMAND NOT USED \dorecurse{5}{\input knuth\par} \stoptext ----

---- 3 - OK, no page number on page 1 \def\MyPageNumber#1{\doifelse{#1}{1}{}{\pagenumber}} % Testing #1 instead of \pagenumber

\setuppagenumbering[location={footer,middle},command=\MyPageNumber]

\starttext \noheaderandfooterlines % COMMAND IN USE \dorecurse{5}{\input knuth\par} \stoptext ----

So -

1) What exactly does \noheaderandfooterlines do?

It disables the header/footer on the page where \noheaderandfooterlines was inserted.

2) Why testing the #1 argument in the case 2 doesn't work?

When you use “\pagenumber” you check the numeric value of the counter but when you check against “#1” you check again a formatted version of the pagenumber which can be colored or or even be a roman numeral which you have set with the conversion key. Wolfgang

Am 02.05.2012 um 16:22 schrieb Procházka Lukáš Ing. - Pontex s. r. o.:

... OK, thanks for the explanation.

You can look if this is useful for you (there is a example at the end of t-title.mkvi): https://bitbucket.org/wolfs/title Wolfgang