Re: Specifying last page when using imposition

["Wolfgang Schuster" <schuster.wolfgang@googlemail.com>]

On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 10:11 AM, John Devereux
<jdREMOVE@thisdevereux.me.uk> wrote:
> "Wolfgang Schuster" <schuster.wolfgang@googlemail.com> writes:
>
>> On Sun, Jun 1, 2008 at 8:25 PM, John Devereux
>> <jdREMOVE@thisdevereux.me.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I am using imposition to arrange pages in a "booklet" format, a5 on
>>> a4. So after all the pages are printed out (doublesided) I can fold
>>> the stack in half to get my booklet.
>>>
>>> So I am using the command
>>>
>>>        texexec --arrange --paperformat=a5a4 --printformat=up test.tex
>>>
>>> ...which works well.
>>>
>>>
>>> Now I want to write content to appear on the last page. Here is my
>>> test file:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided]
>>> \starttext
>>> \showframe
>>> \subject Front Cover
>>>
>>> \dorecurse{10}{\input tufte \par}
>>>
>>> \page[yes,last]
>>
>> \page[quadruple,quadruple]
>>
>> or
>>
>> \page[8]
>
> Wolfgang, thanks - but this does not seem to fix the problem. The
> "last page" appears opposite page 3 instead of opposite page 1.
>
> To be clear, I am looking for a way to specify that content is to be
> placed on the outside of the cover, i.e. printed on the same side of
> the same sheet as page 1, when "arranged".
>
>
> \setuppapersize[A5][A4]
> \setuparranging[2UP,rotated,doublesided]
> \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided]
>
> \setuplayout[margin=0pt,width=fit]
> \setupbodyfont[16pt]
>
> \starttext
>
> \dorecurse{11}{\input tufte \par \input knuth \par}
>
> \page[8]

\page[8] is useless in this example because you're already beyound
the eight page and the argument is useless in this case.

\page[quadruple]

> Back Cover
>
> \stoptext
>
>        texexec --arrange --paperformat=a5a4 --printformat=up test2.tex

texexec test2

you need --arrange only for documents with a table of content, indices ...

Greetings
Wolfgang
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