From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/40792 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Wolfgang Schuster" Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: columns and \definemakeup Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 08:07:20 +0200 Message-ID: <115224fb0804292307n65efc19cl28b663b5def52287@mail.gmail.com> References: <87lk2xnd6w.fsf@googlemail.com> <115224fb0804290432u47e4665alf7a5b21d9116c7a2@mail.gmail.com> <115224fb0804290440r4de3ace9s4c5b5f2fee372e59@mail.gmail.com> <873ap4lgnq.fsf@googlemail.com> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1209535814 9579 80.91.229.12 (30 Apr 2008 06:10:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 06:10:14 +0000 (UTC) To: "mailing list for ConTeXt users" Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Wed Apr 30 08:10:51 2008 connect(): Connection refused Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Jr5Wl-0004wC-0E for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Wed, 30 Apr 2008 08:10:51 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id A7EB41FC57; Wed, 30 Apr 2008 08:10:03 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 21116-03-4; Wed, 30 Apr 2008 08:09:25 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5DE791FBDB; Wed, 30 Apr 2008 08:08:55 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id E78351FBD0 for ; Wed, 30 Apr 2008 08:08:52 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 22551-02 for ; Wed, 30 Apr 2008 08:08:07 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from hu-out-0506.google.com (hu-out-0506.google.com [72.14.214.230]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C9761FB72 for ; Wed, 30 Apr 2008 08:07:21 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: by hu-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id 35so390310hue.19 for ; Tue, 29 Apr 2008 23:07:21 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.150.68.41 with SMTP id q41mr660678yba.103.1209535640429; Tue, 29 Apr 2008 23:07:20 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.151.113.9 with HTTP; Tue, 29 Apr 2008 23:07:20 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <873ap4lgnq.fsf@googlemail.com> Content-Disposition: inline X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:40792 Archived-At: On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 7:22 PM, Suno Ano wrote: > >| On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:40:59 +0200, > >| Wolfgang Schuster > >| who can be reached at: schuster.wolfgang@googlemail.com > >| (whose comments are cited below with " Wolfgang> "), > >| had this to say in article <115224fb0804290440r4de3ace9s4c5b5f2fee372e59@mail.gmail.com> > >| in newsgroups gmane.comp.tex.context > >| concerning the subject of Re: columns and \definemakeup > >| (see <87lk2xnd6w.fsf@googlemail.com> <115224fb0804290432u47e4665alf7a5b21d9116c7a2@mail.gmail.com> for more details) > > Wolfgang> Alternative solution: > > Wolfgang> \Definelayout > Wolfgang> [titlepage] > Wolfgang> [header=0pt, > Wolfgang> footer=0pt, > Wolfgang> backspace=4cm, > Wolfgang> width=12cm] > > [skipping a lot of lines ...] > > > Thank you Wolfgang, it works! However, I tried but did not figure out > how to also change the fontsize from within the \definelayout block. Is > it possible? No possible, \definelayout is resposible for margings, textheight and width ... not for the fontsize > I want to change the fontsize to 11pt. I know I could use > \switchtobodyfont but I would rather save myself some typing in the > future and put it in the \definelayout block -- or something else that > does not require me typing it over and over again if \definelayout is > the wrong way to go here altogether (/me is still a novice to ConTeXt). Not within \definelayout but see below. > Same as for the fontsize -- can I "demand" two columns from within the > \definelayout block instead of always putting \startcolumns[n=2] > respectively \stopcolumns in the actual source? \definestartstop [titlepage] [before={\setuplayout[titlepage]\bgroup\switchtobodyfont[11pt]\startcolumns}, after={\stopcolumns\egroup\page[right]\setuplayout[reset]}] Wolfgang ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________