From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/54784 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Curiouslearn Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Layout - once again! 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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 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=3D1.5in and that should suffice. > >> and all other distances equal to 0 in. Should the text be not >> centered. > > No, because backspace=3D1in 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=3D1.5in,rightmargin=3D1.5in,leftedge=3D0in,right= edge=3D0in,leftmargindistance=3D0in,rightmargindistance=3D0in,leftedgedista= nce=3D0in,rightedgedistance=3D0in,width=3D5.5in] >> >> \starttext >> \showlayout >> \input tufte >> \stoptext > _________________________________________________________________________= __________ > If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to= the Wiki! > > maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-co= ntext > webpage =A0: http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net > archive =A0: http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ > wiki =A0 =A0 : http://contextgarden.net > _________________________________________________________________________= __________ > ___________________________________________________________________________= ________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to t= he Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-cont= ext webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________= ________