Ahaaa... thanks for clearing up the mist. So that makes...

\definetext[text for header/text/footer
area][header/text/footer][edge/margin/text][left][right]

What are arguments 6 and 7 for ?

Alan


On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 2:40 PM, Wolfgang Schuster <
schuster.wolfgang@googlemail.com> wrote:

>
> Am 14.02.2009 um 14:14 schrieb Alan Stone:
>
>  \setupheadertexts[\doifoddpageelse{right page}{left page}]
>>>
>>> \definetext[chapter][header][chapter page]
>>>
>>> % The \definetext command works like \setup(header/footer/...)texts and
>>> % has 3–7 arguments, the first argument is a keyword (you can use
>>> whatever
>>> % you want, the second is the location of the text and all other
>>> arguments
>>> % are reseved for the content.
>>>
>>
>>
>> from what I understand...
>>
>> - the location is limited to the text header/footer => what about
>> margin/edge top/header/footer/bottom ?
>>
>
> You can place text in the header, footer and text area:
>
> \definetext[text for header area][header][...]
> \definetext[text for text area]  [text]  [...]
> \definetext[text for footer area][footer][...]
>
> \setuphead
>  [...]
>  [header=text for header area,
>   text=text for text area,
>   fotter=text for header area]
>
> You can also control where the text in this area should appear:
>
> \definetext[text for header area][header][...]              % centered text
> in the text column
> \definetext[text for header area][header][...][...]         % left and
> right text in the text column
> \definetext[text for header area][header][text]  [...][...] % left and
> right text in the text column
> \definetext[text for header area][header][margin][...][...] % left and
> right margin in the text column
> \definetext[text for header area][header][edge]  [...][...] % left and
> right edge in the text column
>
> - all other arguments are reserved for content => for which content and
>> where ? if i put
>> \definetext[chapter][header][chapter page][x1][x2][x3][x4] the "chapter
>> page" header is replaced by "right page" !?
>>
>
> Your setting is ignored because with all seven argument the third one
> has to be either text, margin or edge.
>
>
> Wolfgang
>