Re: Background on the "page" of the first page

[Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>]

At 05:42 PM 1/7/01 +0100, Hraban wrote:
>Hans Hagen wrote:
>> >I'd like to have a fency background and a colour on the first (and with
>> >doublesided also on the last page). Somehow I cannot figure out how to
>
>If you want a picture as background, try this:
>
>You need a picture "bild.pdf" that has the same proportions as your page.
>
>\useexternalfigure[hintergrund][bild][width=21.5cm]
>% width about 5 mm wider than the page, that it can be cropped
>\defineoverlay[titelbild][{\externalfigure[hintergrund]}]
>% becomes automatically centered
>
>\setupbackgrounds[page][background=titelbild]
>% instead of page you may say rightpage or leftpage
>
>\setupbackgrounds	[rightpage][background=]
>% switch it off afterwards

There is a better way -) 

First, you can use \overlaywidth and \overlayheight as dimensions, so that
you don't have to have explicit sizes: 

\defineoverlay[titelbild][{\externalfigure[hintergrund][width=\overlaywidth,
height=\overlayheight]}]

a bit shorter is: 

  \defineoverlay[titelbild][\overlayfigure{hintergrund}]

Concerning the .5cm overshoot, 

  \setupbackgrounds[page][background=titelbild,backgroundoffset=2.5mm]

will do the trick. 

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