Setting up layout - basic questions

Setting up layout - basic questions

[cormullion]

Hi there. I’m a newcomer to ConTeXt, and I’m so far really impressed with the power and flexibility I now have access to. I’d be grateful for a few tips - I’ve been reading the documentation over the last few days, and my head’s getting full. Please excuse me if these questions are obvious.

I want to make headings in a sans serif font, such as Helvetica, and keep the body text in serif font (such as Times). (I use these font names loosely, I have no idea which fonts I can actually use, since I can’t get XeTeX working yet.) I know that I should do something like this:

\setuphead
    [chapter]
    [number=yes, 
    style=\ss]

\setuphead
    [section]
    [number=no, 
    style=\ss]

but the sizes of the different levels of heading are lost... So something like 16pt for chapter, 14pt for section, 12 point for subsection?

Also, is it generally possible to make all the headings start at the left margin, with everything else (eg paragraphs, lists, etc) indented? Eg:

Chapter X
               Paragraph
Section X
               Paragraph
Subsection y
               Paragraph
              
Thanks for any pointers. I’m more of a FrameMaker user up to now, so I may not yet be thinking the ConTeXt way. :-)

Re: Setting up layout - basic questions

[Vit Zyka]

cormullion wrote:
> Hi there. I’m a newcomer to ConTeXt, and I’m so far really impressed with the power and flexibility I now have access to. I’d be grateful for a few tips - I’ve been reading the documentation over the last few days, and my head’s getting full. Please excuse me if these questions are obvious.
> 
> I want to make headings in a sans serif font, such as Helvetica, and keep the body text in serif font (such as Times). (I use these font names loosely, I have no idea which fonts I can actually use, since I can’t get XeTeX working yet.) I know that I should do something like this:
> 
> \setuphead
>     [chapter]
>     [number=yes, 
>     style=\ss]

       style=\ssc

> 
> \setuphead
>     [section]
>     [number=no, 
>     style=\ss]

       style=\ssa

You can choose from 7 sizes: \ssxx, \ssx, \ss, \ssa, \ssb, ssc, \ssd

Vit Zyka
> 
> but the sizes of the different levels of heading are lost... So something like 16pt for chapter, 14pt for section, 12 point for subsection?
> 
> Also, is it generally possible to make all the headings start at the left margin, with everything else (eg paragraphs, lists, etc) indented? Eg:

something like

\setuphead
   [chapter]
   [alternative=inmargin]

Vit Zyka

> Chapter X
>                Paragraph
> Section X
>                Paragraph
> Subsection y
>                Paragraph
>               
> Thanks for any pointers. I’m more of a FrameMaker user up to now, so I may not yet be thinking the ConTeXt way. :-)

Re: Setting up layout - basic questions

[Adam Lindsay]

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Vit Zyka said this at Tue, 8 Feb 2005 09:31:46 +0100:

>> Also, is it generally possible to make all the headings start at the
>>left margin, with everything else (eg paragraphs, lists, etc) indented? Eg:
>
>something like
>
>\setuphead
>   [chapter]
>   [alternative=inmargin]

Actually, I think I know what cormullion is after: this is almost
precisely the layout I used when setting my Masters thesis in Framemaker
(9 years ago, sigh). I remember it fondly because it first got me
interested in structured typesetting...

This is my interpretation. It uses some undocumented stuff, and a lot of
this is new to me:

% First we set up some `virtual' dimensions.
\newdimen\HeadOutdent        % distance from Heading to text body
         \HeadOutdent=20mm
\newdimen\HeadBackspace      % inner margin, including head
         \HeadBackspace=35mm
\newdimen\HeadCutspace       % outer margin, including head
         \HeadCutspace=45mm
\definelayout[fm]  [backspace=\dimexpr(\HeadBackspace+\HeadOutdent),
                    cutspace=\HeadCutspace,
                    width=middle]
\definelayout[even][backspace=\HeadBackspace,
                    cutspace=\dimexpr(\HeadCutspace+\HeadOutdent),
                    width=middle]
% Hans: this was made a bit tougher because horoffset wasn't respected in the 
% even layout... why?
\setuplayout[fm]
\setuphead[section]   [margin=-\HeadOutdent,
                       style=\ssc] 
                      %different sections could be outdented differently, etc.
\setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided] % hmmm...
\showframe
\starttext
\section{Hi there}
\subsection{Ho there}
\input knuth \page
\subsection{Hey there}
\subsubsection{Ha there}
\input knuth 
\stoptext


>> Chapter X
>>                Paragraph
>> Section X
>>                Paragraph
>> Subsection y
>>                Paragraph
>>               
>> Thanks for any pointers. I’m more of a FrameMaker user up to now, so I
>>may not yet be thinking the ConTeXt way. :-)

It's not too tough a transition, so long as you're not afraid of a little
math. 
(Welcome to the ConTeXt list... I noticed your posts to the MacTeX list
earlier...)
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Re: Setting up layout - basic questions

[cormullion]

Vit Zyka <vit.zyka@seznam.cz> said on 2005-02-08, 9:31 (+0100 GMT):

> \setuphead
>    [chapter]
>    [alternative=inmargin]

Excellent - simple, really! :-)

Thanks