On 1/11/2020 10:04, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote:

Hi all, I’m trying to setup a book layout where each chapter begins with a quote and an image on the left page, followed by title and text start on the right page.

While the quote & image thing works, I can’t get the title on the right page, ConTeXt always puts it right of the image, even if that’s as wide as the text width. \page[right] doesn’t do anything. Where’s my mistake?

There are also chapters without that intro, therefore I use \doifnot{\structureuservariable{subtitle}}, but those should also start on a right page. I could also use a different section name. But I don’t think that’s the problem.

(The page number should appear on the right page; it wouldn’t hurt on the left page, but the chapter title should only appear on following pages.)

Best, Hraban

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \define[2]\FancyChapter{% \doifnot{\structureuservariable{subtitle}}{}{% \startstandardmakeup \framed[ width=\textwidth,height=fit, offset=overlay, align=flushleft, ]{% \definedfont[SerifItalic at 16pt] \structureuservariable{subtitle}% } \framed[width=\textwidth]{% \externalfigure[dummy][width=\textwidth]% } %\hfill\vfill\strut % doesn’t help \stopstandardmakeup } \page[right] % \framed[ width=\textwidth, offset=overlay, align=flushleft, ]{% \definedfont[Sans at 32pt]%#2 \structurevariable{title}% }% }

\setupheadertexts[][pagenumber][pagenumber][chapter] \setuphead[chapter][ page=left, number=no, header=high, command=\FancyChapter, ]

\starttext

\startchapter[title={My Normal Text}]

\input knuth

\stopchapter

\startchapter[title={My Fancy Story}] [subtitle={\quotation{I thought that was real.}}]

\input tufte

\stopchapter

\stoptext %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

For what it is worth, here is how I address this. This lets me place epigraphs on the facing verso of a chapter, or under the section title, and set lettrines and first line treatment for chapters. I set page numbers in a separate overlay to better control the positioning. Perhaps a bit overthought, but it works for me ... \setupheadertexts [][{\it\getmarking[section]}]                   [{\it\getmarking[chapter]}][] \startsetups section:epigraph   \doifelsebuffer{SectionEpigraph}     {\getbuffer  [SectionEpigraph]      \resetbuffer[SectionEpigraph]}     {\donothing} \stopsetups \startsetups chapter:epigraph   \setupheadertexts [][][][]   \doifelsebuffer{ChapterEpigraph}     {\doifoddpageelse       {\page[left]}       {\donothing}      \centerbox{\getbuffer[ChapterEpigraph]}      \resetbuffer[ChapterEpigraph]     }     {\donothing}   \page[right]   \setupheadertexts [][{\it\getmarking[section]}]                     [{\it\getmarking[chapter]}][] \stopsetups \startsectionblockenvironment[bodypart] \setuphead  [chapter][                       style=\tfc\HeadFont,                       page=yes,                       separator=,                       numbercolor=darkgray,                       alternative=inmargin, before=\directsetup{chapter:epigraph}, after={\resetshownsynonyms[dictionary] \setupsynonyms[dictionary][alternative=first] \doifsomething{\structureuservariable{setFirst}} {\setfirstline[\structureuservariable{setFirst}]} \doif{\structureuservariable{Lettrine}}                              {yes}{\setinitial}},                      ] \setuphead  [section][                       style=\tfb\HeadFont, insidesection=\setups{section:epigraph},                       before={\blank[big]},                       sectionseparatorset=reddot,                       numbercolor=darkgray,                       alternative=inmargin,                      ] \setuphead  [subsection]                      [                       style=\tfa\HeadFont,                       number=no,                       distance=0pt, insidesection=\setups{section:epigraph},                       before={\blank[big]},                       alternative=normal,                       after={\blank[halfline]},                       numbercolor=,                       sectionseparatorset=,                      ] \stopsectionblockenvironment \definefirstline [5W][alternative=word, n=5,style=smallcaps]% and so on as you like \definefirstline [1L][alternative=line,     style=smallcaps] ... \starttext ... \startbuffer[ChapterEpigraph] \startEpigraph% brings in its own formatting The stuff of the epigraph \stopEpigraph \stopbuffer \startchapter[reference={cha:blah},               list={blah},     % toc               marking={blah},  % page heading               bookmark={blah}, % pdf bookmark               title={blah}]    % chapter head              [Lettrine=yes,setFirst=5W] ... \stopchapter \startchapter[reference={cha:more},               title={more stuff}]               [lettrine=yes] ... \stopchapter -- Rik Kabel