Re: layers and papersize

[Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>]

Tom Fossen wrote:
> This is probably a beginners question. While trying to understand the 
> layer-mechanism I made a drawing which is meant as a background for a 
> schedule in a magazine. I add the information within this drawing using the 
> 'register' option I found on page 263 of the Metafun manual.
> 
> Here is the example in a minimal form:
>  
> \starttext
> \definelayer[rooster]
> \startuseMPgraphic{list}
> 	path p, s ;
> 	p := unitsquare  scaled 3cm superellipsed 0.84 ;
> 	s := flex ((2.5cm,3.0cm), (10.0cm,3.0cm), (6.5cm,-0.5cm)) ;
> 	draw p withpen pencircle scaled 5pt withcolor .625white ;
> 	draw s withpen pencircle scaled 3pt withcolor .625white ;
> 	register ("da",2.4cm,2.4cm,(.3cm,2.8cm)) ;
> 	register ("name",5.6cm,0.6cm,(5.4cm,3.5cm)) ;
> 	register ("who",6cm,3cm,(3.4cm,2.8cm)) ;
> 	register("color",1.5cm,0.5cm,(7.6cm,-0.6cm)) ;
> \stopuseMPgraphic
> 
> \setMPlayer[rooster][da]{\framed	
> [width=\MPlayerwidth,height=\MPlayerheight,align=right] {pos 1}}
> \setPlayer[rooster][name]{\framed 
> [ [width=\MPlayerwidth,height=\MPlayerheight] {pos 2}}
> \setMPlayer[rooster][who]{\framed 
> [width=\MPlayerwidth,height=\MPlayerheight,align=right] {pos 3}}
> \setMPlayer[rooster][color]{\framed 
> [width=\MPlayerwidth,height=\MPlayerheight] {pos 4}}
> 
> \getMPlayer[rooster] {\useMPgraphic{list}}
> \stoptext
> 
> This works for the standard papersize. But I want this to work in a magazine 
> on A5. So I add:
> 
> \setuppapersize [A5][A4]
> \setuparranging [2UP,rotated,doublesided]
> \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided]
> \setuplayout[margin=0pt,width=middle]

this is the problem: the last run the pages are reshuffled and the 
graphics/twopassdata no longer matches

   texexec --arrange --pdf thatfile.tex

may work, else do the page imposition in a separate run (can be doen with texexec)

Hans

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