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Hi,

> I want to put my documentname somewhere, but headers and footers are
> allready used.
>
> Is there a way to put it in the bottom left margin, rotated? I want to
> put it at the lefmost printable area.

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%output=pdf
\defineoverlay[thejob][{\rotate{\tfxx\jobname}}]
%\defineoverlay[thejob][{\tfxx\jobname}]
\setupbackgrounds[footer][leftmargin][background=thejob]
\starttext
\dorecurse{6}{\input tufte}
\stoptext
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see the manual for additional positioning info.

Patrick, who really likes overlays...