[NTG-context] layout question

[David Arnold]

curspace=2.55in

should be

cutspace=2.55in


On Aug 21, 2006, at 3:12 AM, richard rascher-friesenhausen wrote:

> Hans Hagen schrieb:
>> richard rascher-friesenhausen wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> i have a simple (?) layout question. I want to typeset a doublesided
>>> text with a larger margin on one side. This margin will be filled  
>>> with
>>> 'margin images' or 'margin remarks'. But sometimes, larger images  
>>> have
>>> to be placed in the text+margin.
>>>
>>> Which commands, options or setups are correct, to get the same  
>>> results
>>> on odd and even pages? In the attached pdf file,  odd and even pages
>>> behave different, using a simple setup (see tex file).
>>>
>>
>> it's dangerous to use dimensions in \setuplayout that get set  
>> themselves
>>
>> also, textwidth is for special purposed and special effects, not  
>> to be
>> used here (spoils things)
>>
>> \setuppapersize[A4][A4]
>>
>> \setuplayout
>>   [width=middle,
>>    backspace=.75in,
>>    curspace=2.55in,
>>    leftmargin=.50in,
>>    margindistance=.25in,
>>    rightmargin=2.3in]
>>
>> \setuppagenumbering[alternative={singlesided,doublesided}]
>>
>> \starttext
>>
>> The very first page with a small image in the (bigger) margin.
>>
>> \placefigure
>>   [inright]{a margin image}
>>   {\framed[width=\marginwidth,height=3cm]{image}}
>>
>> \input tufte
>>
>> An now a larger image in the text and margin are
>>
>> \placefigure
>>   [here,inright]{a text+margin image}
>>   {\framed[width=1.2\textwidth,height=3cm]{image}}
>>
>> \inmargin{Tufte text} \input tufte \page
>>
>> The second page  with a small image in the (bigger) margin.
>>
>> \placefigure
>>   [inright]
>>   {a margin image}
>>   {\framed[width=\rightmarginwidth,height=3cm]{image}}
>>
>> \input tufte
>>
>> An now a larger image in the text and margin are
>>
>> \placefigure
>>   [here,inright]
>>   {a text+margin image}
>>   {\framed[width=1.2\textwidth,height=3cm]{image}}
>>
>> \inmargin{Tufte text} \input tufte \page
>>
>>
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>>
> Thanks for the quick response.
>
> I have some questions about your code, because it does not fullfill  
> all
> my wishes.
>
> The command \inmargin now correctly puts its text on the correct  
> side on
> even and odd pages. But i would like to have the same behaviour for  
> the
> figures too. In a longer script, TeX should know, if the margin image
> has to be placed left or right. So 'inright' or 'inleft' is not an
> option. And 'margin' does not work ... (the image is placed mostly
> outside the page).
> In your code, the long image on the second page does not start in the
> left margin, as desired.
>
> %--------
> % output=pdf
> \setuppapersize[A4][A4]
>
> \setuplayout
>   [%width=middle,
>    backspace=.75in,
>    curspace=2.55in,
>    leftmargin=.50in,
>    margindistance=.25in,
>    rightmargin=2.3in]
>
> \setuppagenumbering[alternative={doublesided}]
>
> \starttext
>
> The very first page with a small image in the (bigger) margin.
>
> \placefigure
>   [margin]{a margin image}
>   {\framed[width=\marginwidth,height=3cm]{image}}
>
> \input tufte
>
> And now a larger image in the text and margin
>
> \placefigure
>   [here,inright]{a text+margin image}
>   {\framed[width=1.2\textwidth,height=3cm]{image}}
>
> \inmargin{Tufte text} \input tufte \page
>
> The second page  with a small image in the (bigger) margin.
>
> \placefigure
>   [margin]
>   {a margin image}
>   {\framed[width=\marginwidth,height=3cm]{image}}
>
> \input tufte
>
> And now a larger image in the text and margin
>
> \placefigure
>   [here,inleft]
>   {a text+margin image}
>   {\framed[width=1.2\textwidth,height=3cm]{image}}
>
> \inmargin{Tufte text} \input tufte \page
> %--------
>
>
>
> Any help appreciated
>    richard
>
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>
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