I started a small project of ~100 pages and tried to do it with Scribus since it required pictures, inserts, etc. I found that Scribus was not going to be able to handle the task so easily. So I am back to Context. Here is my task: in the right pages, I want the text (~50 pages of text) and in the left pages I would like a picture and a quotation coming from the right page (this quotation I am willing to do manually). My question is, how do I make one \setuplayout for the odd pages, and another for the even pages? I may use pictures that bleed over the upper left corner of the left page. I used the option \placefigure [opposite], which puts the picture in the opposite page, very nice. However, I have two problems with it: it may put the picture in the right page (opposite to the text in the left page), and I can't make the picture bleed because my \setuplayout is for both pages. I can work with what I have done so far, but I wonder if my task is possible with the current Context macros. thank you Ciro -- Links of your interest: http://www-personal.engin.umd.umich.edu/~cirosoto/ http://www.TheGuitarMakerExploration.com https://www.createspace.com/3392936
Ciro Soto wrote:
I started a small project of ~100 pages and tried to do it with Scribus since it required pictures, inserts, etc. I found that Scribus was not going to be able to handle the task so easily. So I am back to Context.
Here is my task: in the right pages, I want the text (~50 pages of text) and in the left pages I would like a picture and a quotation coming from the right page (this quotation I am willing to do manually). My question is, how do I make one \setuplayout for the odd pages, and another for the even pages? I may use pictures that bleed over the upper left corner of the left page.
I used the option \placefigure [opposite], which puts the picture in the opposite page, very nice. However, I have two problems with it: it may put the picture in the right page (opposite to the text in the left page), and I can't make the picture bleed because my \setuplayout is for both pages.
I can work with what I have done so far, but I wonder if my task is possible with the current Context macros.
a starting point ... \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided] \setuplayout[odd] [width=5cm,state=start] \setuplayout[even][width=15cm,state=start] \definelayer[whatever][doublesided=yes] \setupbackgrounds[text][background=whatever] \appendtoks\ifodd\realpageno\else\null\page\fi\to\everyafteroutput \starttext \dorecurse{10}{\input tufte \par \setlayer[whatever][left][preset=lefttop]{left}} \stoptext (the appendtoks is somewhat hacky, maybe we should have it as built in feature) ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------
Thank you, Hans.
I would had never figured out that combination of commands.
I'll play with that starting point.
Ciro
-- Links of your interest:
http://www-personal.engin.umd.umich.edu/~cirosoto/
http://www.TheGuitarMakerExploration.com
https://www.createspace.com/3392936
On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 4:30 PM, Hans Hagen
Ciro Soto wrote:
I started a small project of ~100 pages and tried to do it with Scribus since it required pictures, inserts, etc. I found that Scribus was not going to be able to handle the task so easily. So I am back to Context.
Here is my task: in the right pages, I want the text (~50 pages of text) and in the left pages I would like a picture and a quotation coming from the right page (this quotation I am willing to do manually). My question is, how do I make one \setuplayout for the odd pages, and another for the even pages? I may use pictures that bleed over the upper left corner of the left page.
I used the option \placefigure [opposite], which puts the picture in the opposite page, very nice. However, I have two problems with it: it may put the picture in the right page (opposite to the text in the left page), and I can't make the picture bleed because my \setuplayout is for both pages.
I can work with what I have done so far, but I wonder if my task is possible with the current Context macros.
a starting point ...
\setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided]
\setuplayout[odd] [width=5cm,state=start] \setuplayout[even][width=15cm,state=start]
\definelayer[whatever][doublesided=yes]
\setupbackgrounds[text][background=whatever]
\appendtoks\ifodd\realpageno\else\null\page\fi\to\everyafteroutput
\starttext \dorecurse{10}{\input tufte \par \setlayer[whatever][left][preset=lefttop]{left}} \stoptext
(the appendtoks is somewhat hacky, maybe we should have it as built in feature)
----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------
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