2007/4/20, Xan <DXpublica@telefonica.net>:
>
> Hi,
>
> Is it any way to set only left and right margin on layout and that width
> and height of the text are automatically set to the maximal of the
> possible width (that is
>
> \printpaperwidth-\leftmargin-\leftedge-\leftedgedistance-\leftmarginditance-{the
> same with right margins})?
>
> I think that it will be useful if there were something like:
>
> \setuplayout[   leftmargin=0mm,
>         leftedge=10mm, %distance between border of paper and margin
>         leftmargindistance=0mm, %distance between margin ant text
>         leftedgedistance=0mm, %distance between margin and leftedge
>         rightmargin=0mm,
>         rightedge=10mm, %distance between border of paper and margin
>         rightmargindistance=0mm, %distance between margin ant text
>         rightedgedistance=0mm, %distance between margin and leftedge
>         width=maximal]
>
> (see the last line)
>
> Thanks,
> Xan


Hi Xan,

I think you misunderstood the layout of ConTeXt.

You are looking for backspace and cutspace.

\setuplayout
  [backspace=2cm, % left margin on the page
   cutspace=4cm,   % right margin on the page
   height=fit]

\starttext
\dorecurse{10}{\input knuth\par}
\stoptext

Wolfgang