From: Curiouslearn <curiouslearn@gmail.com>
To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Subject: Re: Layout - once again!
Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:37:32 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3b4b12310911260637t7ebf949dk405fb64c8ea7a067@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <6faad9f00911252045m4d9e9187r35d6d06c57c52335@mail.gmail.com>
Thanks Mojca. I knew the backspace would work, but I did not know why
the settings I specified did not work. I thought that if I explicitly
specify all the relevant dimensions, it would calculate backspace.
Seems like backspace is a necessary input. Maybe this should be
clarified on the Wiki.
On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 11:45 PM, Mojca Miklavec
<mojca.miklavec.lists@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 05:19, Curiouslearn wrote:
>> Why does the following does not center the text? I am choosing a
>> letter size paper which is 8.5 inches wide. I have both margins at
>> 1.5in
>
> That's width of box called margin (the one where you put side notes
> etc). You need to set backspace=1.5in and that should suffice.
>
>> and all other distances equal to 0 in. Should the text be not
>> centered.
>
> No, because backspace=1in by default, so what you thought of as "left
> margin" is only 1in wide and the right one probably 2in then.
>
> Mojca
>
>> \setuppapersize[letter][letter]
>> \setuplayout[leftmargin=1.5in,rightmargin=1.5in,leftedge=0in,rightedge=0in,leftmargindistance=0in,rightmargindistance=0in,leftedgedistance=0in,rightedgedistance=0in,width=5.5in]
>>
>> \starttext
>> \showlayout
>> \input tufte
>> \stoptext
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2009-11-26 4:19 Curiouslearn
2009-11-26 4:45 ` Mojca Miklavec
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