Opposite Blocks or Spread Based Layouts
Hi ConTeXt ComRaDes, Trying to design a travelogue book with photos on the left page, and text on the right. Tried \startopposite to get an opposite block, and turned it on with \setupoppositeplacing[state=start], to no discernable effect. Am I doing something wrong, or is there another way to do this? Any tips much appreciated. Corin Royal Drummond P.S. My poetry book is coming along nicely. I'll be sure to send along a link when it's finished.
Am 16.03.2009 um 07:00 schrieb Corin Royal Drummond:
Hi ConTeXt ComRaDes,
Trying to design a travelogue book with photos on the left page, and text on the right. Tried \startopposite to get an opposite block, and turned it on with \setupoppositeplacing[state=start], to no discernable effect. Am I doing something wrong, or is there another way to do this?
\definestartstop [leftpage] [before={\page[yes,left]}] \definestartstop [rightpage] [before={\page[yes,right]}] \starttext \startleftpage ... \stopleftpage \startrightpage ... \stoprightpage \stoptext Wolfgang
Wolfgang Schuster wrote:
\definestartstop [leftpage] [before={\page[yes,left]}]
\definestartstop [rightpage] [before={\page[yes,right]}]
\starttext
\startleftpage ... \stopleftpage
\startrightpage ... \stoprightpage
\stoptext
Wolfgang Wolfgang,
Thanks for the solution. That pretty much get's me what I need. Still wondering what's up with opposite blocks though, if any one knows. \startopposite \setupoppositeplacing et al. Cheers, Corin Royal Drummond
Am 16.03.2009 um 14:17 schrieb Corin Royal Drummond:
Still wondering what's up with opposite blocks though, if any one knows. \startopposite \setupoppositeplacing et al.
I think the can be called broken and Hans hadn't needed them in the past so no one noticed it. In this case it shoudn't be a problem to replace the current definition with something working, tell use what do you need to do this. Wolfgang
Wolfgang Schuster wrote:
Am 16.03.2009 um 14:17 schrieb Corin Royal Drummond:
Still wondering what's up with opposite blocks though, if any one knows. \startopposite \setupoppositeplacing et al.
I think the can be called broken and Hans hadn't needed them in the past so no one noticed it. In this case it shoudn't be a problem to replace the current definition with something working, tell use what do you need to do this.
Wolfgang
Ah, I see. No one ever used it, so opposite float placements died a lonely death from malnutrition. Seems like a lovely concept for laying out photo books with text, but I can route around. Thanks for the heads up, Wolfgang. Corin
Oops, I did forget to mention I'm using a recent ConTeXt minimal and texexec --lua. Corin Royal Drummond wrote:
Hi ConTeXt ComRaDes,
Trying to design a travelogue book with photos on the left page, and text on the right. Tried \startopposite to get an opposite block, and turned it on with \setupoppositeplacing[state=start], to no discernable effect. Am I doing something wrong, or is there another way to do this? Any tips much appreciated. Corin Royal Drummond
P.S. My poetry book is coming along nicely. I'll be sure to send along a link when it's finished.
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