> Am 15.07.2017 um 21:55 schrieb Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>:
> 
> On 7/15/2017 9:11 PM, Alan Braslau wrote:
>> On Wed, 12 Jul 2017 19:05:26 +0200
>> Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl> wrote:
>>> best play with textbackgrounds
>>> 
>>> \starttext
>>> 
>>> \starttextbackground
>>> \dorecurse{10}{test\footnote{tufte}: \input tufte\par}
>>> \stoptextbackground
>>> 
>>> \stoptext
>>> 
>> I have found the following to be necessary when using textbackground,
>> especially when backgrounds cross page boundaries:
>> \setnewconstant\kindofpagetextareas\plusone
>> % partial page. HH: low level, no high level switch (yet)
>> Maybe Hans can explain this?
> Because it's an option (with no parameter yet .. not sure where/how to configure it; for floats one can do it per float)
> 

\setnewconstant\kindofpagetextareas\plusone

That indeed solves the problem of the textbackground extended over footnotes. Is that anywhere documented? I did not find that anywhere. And what exactly does that command do?

Would it not be a good idea to add this as an option in the definition of a textbackground?

Mathias

> Hans
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