* a recent change in double-sided pagination?
@ 2002-12-29 17:49 Bill McClain
2002-12-29 20:27 ` Hans Hagen
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From: Bill McClain @ 2002-12-29 17:49 UTC (permalink / raw)
It seems that the behaviour of
\setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided] has changed in the last
couple of months. Jobs that once correctly produced an even count of
pages now produce an odd count. In viewing a two-page spread in Acrobat,
the first page is correctly a right-hand page, but the last page is a
bogus one, also a right-hand page. The document should end on the left.
I'm using ConTeXt ver: 2002.12.20 from the beta download page.
-Bill
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* Re: a recent change in double-sided pagination?
2002-12-29 17:49 a recent change in double-sided pagination? Bill McClain
@ 2002-12-29 20:27 ` Hans Hagen
2002-12-30 16:00 ` Bill McClain
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From: Hans Hagen @ 2002-12-29 20:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
At 11:49 AM 12/29/2002 -0600, you wrote:
>It seems that the behaviour of
>\setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided] has changed in the last
>couple of months. Jobs that once correctly produced an even count of
>pages now produce an odd count. In viewing a two-page spread in Acrobat,
>the first page is correctly a right-hand page, but the last page is a
>bogus one, also a right-hand page. The document should end on the left.
>I'm using ConTeXt ver: 2002.12.20 from the beta download page.
there has been some discussion about this unwanted 'extra page' and the
automatism behind it; if you want an even number, you can force it:
\setuppagenumbering[option=doublesided]
\starttext
\dorecurse{11}{test \page} \page[empty,odd] % or without empty if you want
a page number
\stoptext
should this be an option to \setuppagenumbering?
Hans
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* Re: a recent change in double-sided pagination?
2002-12-29 20:27 ` Hans Hagen
@ 2002-12-30 16:00 ` Bill McClain
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From: Bill McClain @ 2002-12-30 16:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
On Sun, 29 Dec 2002 21:27:48 +0100
Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl> wrote:
> there has been some discussion about this unwanted 'extra page' and
> the automatism behind it; if you want an even number, you can force
> it:
>
> \setuppagenumbering[option=doublesided]
I missed that discussion. I still have the problem. It happens when I
use \startbodymatter...\stopbodymatter:
\setuppagenumbering
[option=doublesided,
alternative=doublesided]
\starttext
\startbodymatter
\dorecurse{5}{\input tufte\par \input knuth\par}
\stopbodymatter
\stoptext
In my experiments I have not yet been able to force an even number of
pages.
There is an easy work-around for me: use --pdfselect or \filterpages to
trim off the last page.
Note: the reason I am so fussy about this is that I am dealing with a
printer service bureau which needs the document "just so."
> should this be an option to \setuppagenumbering?
I don't know. It is something I need in all my big projects. Would
\setuplayout be more logical? I have no strong preference as long as I
have a way. Fixing up the doc with --pdfselect is good enough for now.
-Bill
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