On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 3:36 PM, Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl> wrote:
Alan Stone wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 2:41 PM, Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl> wrote:
>
>> Alan Stone wrote:
>>> Going back to my example (see below)...
>>>
>>> Same observations, same questions.
>>>
>>> Alan
>>>
>>> \setuppapersize[S6][S6]
>>>
>>> \setuplayout[topheight=15pt,
>>>     headerheight=15pt,
>>>     footerheight=15pt,
>>>     bottomheight=15pt,
>> top,header,footer,bottom etc no height/width appended
>
>
> Thanks Hans.
>
> - \showsetups output contains a lot of junk, a thorough cleaning would be
> utmost welcome

well, one can roll out his/her own -)

I guess as long as one knows to what each parameter corresponds.  ;O)

Nevertheless, please say more about that.
 
> - which \setuplayout parameters enable a space/blank area between
> the left/right page border and the left/right of leftedge/rightedge ?

> - \showframe doesn't draw topspace and bottomspace

leftedgedistance (which defaults to edgedistance)

left/rightedgedistance is documented elsewhere as being between left/rightedge and left/rightmargin.
 
CanItBeAnyMoreConfusingText ?

Alan