It seems that the behaviour of \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided] has changed in the last couple of months. Jobs that once correctly produced an even count of pages now produce an odd count. In viewing a two-page spread in Acrobat, the first page is correctly a right-hand page, but the last page is a bogus one, also a right-hand page. The document should end on the left.
I'm using ConTeXt ver: 2002.12.20 from the beta download page.
-Bill
At 11:49 AM 12/29/2002 -0600, you wrote:
It seems that the behaviour of \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided] has changed in the last couple of months. Jobs that once correctly produced an even count of pages now produce an odd count. In viewing a two-page spread in Acrobat, the first page is correctly a right-hand page, but the last page is a bogus one, also a right-hand page. The document should end on the left. I'm using ConTeXt ver: 2002.12.20 from the beta download page.
there has been some discussion about this unwanted 'extra page' and the automatism behind it; if you want an even number, you can force it:
\setuppagenumbering[option=doublesided]
\starttext
\dorecurse{11}{test \page} \page[empty,odd] % or without empty if you want a page number
\stoptext
should this be an option to \setuppagenumbering?
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On Sun, 29 Dec 2002 21:27:48 +0100 Hans Hagen pragma@wxs.nl wrote:
there has been some discussion about this unwanted 'extra page' and the automatism behind it; if you want an even number, you can force it:
\setuppagenumbering[option=doublesided]
I missed that discussion. I still have the problem. It happens when I use \startbodymatter...\stopbodymatter:
\setuppagenumbering [option=doublesided, alternative=doublesided] \starttext \startbodymatter \dorecurse{5}{\input tufte\par \input knuth\par} \stopbodymatter \stoptext
In my experiments I have not yet been able to force an even number of pages.
There is an easy work-around for me: use --pdfselect or \filterpages to trim off the last page.
Note: the reason I am so fussy about this is that I am dealing with a printer service bureau which needs the document "just so."
should this be an option to \setuppagenumbering?
I don't know. It is something I need in all my big projects. Would \setuplayout be more logical? I have no strong preference as long as I have a way. Fixing up the doc with --pdfselect is good enough for now.
-Bill
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