Re: \setuplayout question

["Alan Stone" <software.list.1es9s@gmail.com>]

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Keyword: the system is set up in such a way that...

Something to consider for the manual updates ?

Thanks a lot Hans,
Alan


On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 6:05 PM, Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl> wrote:

> Alan Stone wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Some/oftentimes, the more I read the scattered
> > documentation, the more I'm confused... and
> > wasting my valuable time testing and trying to
> > figure out how things work.
>
> (1) main layout areas:
>
>     keywords to \setuplayout: header text footer
>
>     dimension variables: \headerheight etc
>
> (2) space above and below main layout area:
>
>     keywords to \setuplayout: topspace bottomspace
>
>     dimension variables: \topspace, \bottomspace
>
> (3) virtual layout areas: (used for interactive documents where
>     one wants to keep the main text area unchanged by setting these;
>     the virtual areas extend into the topspace and bottomspace)
>
>     keywords to \setuplayout: top header text footer bottom
>
>     dimension variables: \topheight, \headerheight etc
>
> the system is set up in such a way that one can easily shift the text
> area as well as disable header and footer
>
> Hans

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