\definelayout question
Thanks Adam for the suggestions on the wiki page. You point out that I can use \definelayout for odd and even pages. I assume I can use this command in place of \setuplayout? I had a problem using \definelayout. I found that I had to use a \setuplayout before my text, or the first page would not get formatted. Is the ConTeXt code right below? Also, is there any way to change the layout for the first page? \definelayout[first] [.... Thanks Paul \part{} \definelayout[odd][ topspace=.5in, % the space at the very top of the page backspace=3in, % the space in the gutter header=2in, % the space for headers footer=2in, % the space for footers leftmargin=1in, % the space for margin notes rightmargin=1.5in, % the space for right margin notes width=3in, % the width of the body text height=7in % the height of the body text ] \definelayout[even][ topspace=.5in, % the space at the very top of the page backspace=3in, % the space in the gutter header=2in, % the space for headers footer=2in, % the space for footers leftmargin=1in, % the space for margin notes rightmargin=1.5in, % the space for right margin notes width=3in, % the width of the body text height=4in % the height of the body text ] \setuplayout % the header for the first page of part 1 \definetext[partStart1][header][\vbox{Chapter 1 \vskip5pt Author}] \setuphead[part][header=partStart1] -- ************************ *Paul Tremblay * *phthenry@iglou.com * ************************
Paul Tremblay wrote:
Thanks Adam for the suggestions on the wiki page.
You point out that I can use \definelayout for odd and even pages. I assume I can use this command in place of \setuplayout?
I had a problem using \definelayout. I found that I had to use a \setuplayout before my text, or the first page would not get formatted. Is the ConTeXt code right below?
Also, is there any way to change the layout for the first page?
\definelayout[first] [....
\definelayout[1][...]
\definetext[partStart1][header][\vbox{Chapter 1 \vskip5pt Author}] \setuphead[part][header=partStart1]
for consistency i'd go for \definetext [partStart1] [header] [\vbox{\strut Chapter 1 \vskip.25\bodyfontsize Author}] scales nicer with changes in font and other specs Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------
Paul, I can't really address the bulk of your question (I consider myself a beginner in the art of the \layout, and am still working through some of its invocation options), but I do notice a couple things: Paul Tremblay said this at Thu, 3 Mar 2005 02:45:01 -0500:
\definelayout[odd][ header=2in, % the space for headers footer=2in, % the space for footers height=7in % the height of the body text ]
This (nominally, without use of page=high or some such) leaves three inches for the body text. Unlike the right/left margin, header/footer space is considered part of the textblock's height. I don't know the historical reasons for this, but it makes a kind of sense.
\definelayout[even][ header=2in, % the space for headers footer=2in, % the space for footers height=4in % the height of the body text ]
This, then, leaves zero height for the main body text, which is why I see only a single line typeset on even pages. \showframe is your esteemed friend in debugging these matters. -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Adam T. Lindsay, Computing Dept. atl@comp.lancs.ac.uk Lancaster University, InfoLab21 +44(0)1524/510.514 Lancaster, LA1 4WA, UK Fax:+44(0)1524/510.492 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Adam Lindsay wrote:
\definelayout[odd][ header=2in, % the space for headers footer=2in, % the space for footers height=7in % the height of the body text ]
This (nominally, without use of page=high or some such) leaves three inches for the body text. Unlike the right/left margin, header/footer space is considered part of the textblock's height. I don't know the historical reasons for this, but it makes a kind of sense.
just keep in mind that header and footer lines can be empty, not-present, high, etc, so in a sense they are part of the flow margins are virtual things and their width influence line breaking, backgrounds etc, since there can be multiple margins it does not make sense to define back-of-page -> text as being the margin, because then we would need other variables to set the real ones; backspace (in dutch 'rugwit' is a better name i think) is more convenient Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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