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From: Willi Egger <w.egger@boede.nl>
To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Subject: Re: ConTeXt problem with page layout
Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2008 21:39:30 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <33B006F2-8D4B-4FA4-92C9-AD5E0B6F7C2D@boede.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <dbd60a1b0811050301q5f026d6k4ed0e5322975311d@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Robert,

Edges are meant for screen versions of documents.
There are other dimensions you can use: backspace, cutspace

Kind regards

Willi
On Nov 5, 2008, at 12:01 PM, Robert Blackstone wrote:

> Hi list,
> I am having a problem setting up the layout of my document with  
> \setuplayout, following the instructions in "ConTeXt an excursion",  
> p 72 and 112.
> Since I want margin notes I want to specify both the margins and  
> the edges, which I  tried to do as follows:
>
> \setuplayout 
> [location=middle,leftedge=1cm,rightedge=1cm,leftmargin=3cm,rightmargin 
> =2cm,width=13cm,height=23cm]
>
> What I get is: no left edge, left margin 2cm right on the edge of  
> the paper, text 13 cm, right margin 2 cm, right edge 1 cm, empty  
> space 16 mm.
> Moreover, whatever I change in the parameters, the layout stays the  
> same.
> Has the command changed?
> I am using MkII as supplied with MacTeX2008, (not updated because  
> that didn't work either).
> Can anyone help me out?
> Thanks in advance.
> Robert Blackstone
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2008-11-05 11:01 Robert Blackstone
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