Thanks Hans, But actually, I've tried it before I asked. I just modified your code from cont-enp.pdf: +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ \setuppapersize [A7][A3] \setuparranging [2*8,rotated,doublesided] \setuppagenumbering [alternative=doublesided] \setuplayout [margin=0pt,width=fit] \setupbackgrounds [paper][background=color,backgroundcolor=red] \setupcolors [state=start] \setuplayout [location=middle,marking=color] \setuptolerance [tolerant] \setupbodyfont [6pt] \starttext \dorecurse{30}{\input tufte \par \input knuth \par} \stoptext ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ and it appears nothing changed. So I wonder if you could look it up again for me. Thank you On 2/28/07, Hans Hagen wrote:

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Hi there,

I know there is a command \setupbackgrounds[page][background=???], and I can use \defineoverlay[page][\useMPgraphic{page}], then use MetaPost to draw the page background. But I also use something like \setuppapersize[A7][A3] to compose the output, and it seems that the \setupbackgrounds command only affect on A7 sub-paper. I also noticed a command \setuplayout[marking=color]that really acts on the A3 paper rather than the subpaper. So I think there should be such a macro that handles the whole page's background. Can anyone tell me about it?

you can set up backgrounds for page, leftpage, rightpage, paper etc

so in your case ... use \setupbackgrounds[paper][...]

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Thanks luigi But it doesn't work for me either . . . On 2/28/07, luigi scarso wrote:

On 2/28/07, Zhichu Chen wrote:

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Thanks Hans,

But actually, I've tried it before I asked. I just modified your code from cont-enp.pdf: +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ \setuppapersize [A7][A3] \setuparranging [2*8,rotated,doublesided] \setuppagenumbering [alternative=doublesided] \setuplayout [margin=0pt,width=fit] %%% hmm, try \setupbackgrounds[paper][state=start,background=color,backgroundcolor=red] \setupcolors [state=start] \setuplayout [location=middle,marking=color] \setuptolerance [tolerant] \setupbodyfont [6pt] \starttext \dorecurse{30}{\input tufte \par \input knuth \par} \stoptext ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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Thanks luigi Yes, but only the A7 small page changes the background. Actually, I've tried many combinations of those options before I post my problem. So I think there is something that hasn't been mentioned in the manual. On 2/28/07, luigi scarso wrote:

On 2/28/07, Zhichu Chen wrote:

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Thanks Hans,

But actually, I've tried it before I asked. I just modified your code from cont-enp.pdf: +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ \setuppapersize [A7][A3] \setuparranging [2*8,rotated,doublesided] \setuppagenumbering [alternative=doublesided] \setuplayout [margin=0pt,width=fit] what about \setupbackgrounds [page][background=color,backgroundcolor=red] \setupcolors [state=start] \setuplayout [location=middle,marking=color] \setuptolerance [tolerant] \setupbodyfont [6pt] \starttext \dorecurse{30}{\input tufte \par \input knuth \par} \stoptext ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

and it appears nothing changed. So I wonder if you could look it up again for me.

Thank you

On 2/28/07, Hans Hagen wrote:

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Zhichu Chen wrote:

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Hi there,

I know there is a command \setupbackgrounds[page][background=???], and I can use \defineoverlay[page][\useMPgraphic{page}], then use MetaPost to draw the page background. But I also use something like \setuppapersize[A7][A3] to compose the output, and it seems that the \setupbackgrounds command only affect on A7 sub-paper. I also noticed a command \setuplayout[marking=color]that really acts on the A3 paper rather than the subpaper. So I think there should be such a macro that handles the whole page's background. Can anyone tell me about it?

you can set up backgrounds for page, leftpage, rightpage, paper etc

so in your case ... use \setupbackgrounds[paper][...]

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On 2/28/07, Zhichu Chen wrote:

Thanks Hans,

But actually, I've tried it before I asked. I just modified your code from cont-enp.pdf: +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ \setuppapersize [A7][A3] \setuparranging [2*8,rotated,doublesided]

Does it help if you say \setuparranging [2*8,background,rotated,doublesided] instead? The keyword was added in September. It would be much better if that would be the default, but Hans seems to prefer it that way.

\setuppagenumbering [alternative=doublesided] \setuplayout [margin=0pt,width=fit] \setupbackgrounds [paper][background=color,backgroundcolor=red] \setupcolors [state=start] \setuplayout [location=middle,marking=color] \setuptolerance [tolerant] \setupbodyfont [6pt] \starttext \dorecurse{30}{\input tufte \par \input knuth \par} \stoptext ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Mojca

Thanks, Mojca. It's cool. On 3/2/07, Mojca Miklavec wrote:

On 2/28/07, Zhichu Chen wrote:

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Thanks Hans,

But actually, I've tried it before I asked. I just modified your code from cont-enp.pdf: +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ \setuppapersize [A7][A3] \setuparranging [2*8,rotated,doublesided]

Does it help if you say \setuparranging [2*8,background,rotated,doublesided] instead?

The keyword was added in September. It would be much better if that would be the default, but Hans seems to prefer it that way.

...

\setuppagenumbering [alternative=doublesided] \setuplayout [margin=0pt,width=fit] \setupbackgrounds [paper][background=color,backgroundcolor=red] \setupcolors [state=start] \setuplayout [location=middle,marking=color] \setuptolerance [tolerant] \setupbodyfont [6pt] \starttext \dorecurse{30}{\input tufte \par \input knuth \par} \stoptext ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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