Re: Chapter numbers in the right margin

["luigi.scarso" <luigi.scarso@logosrl.it>]

Randall Skelton wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>Does anyone have a setuphead snipit and definition to place a large
>chapter number in the right margin of the page on the first page of
>each chapter?  I believe this should be similar (but simplier) than
>what is done in 'ConTeXt an Excursion' but I wasn't able to find a
>definition for that.  I'd be quite willing to put this up on the wiki
>when I figure it out...
>
>What I have so far doesn't really lead to much flexibility in terms of
>positioning.  I'd like to be able to set both the horizontal and
>vertical position of the chapter number.  I'd also like to have the
>number shift vertically downwards for each new chapter.
>
>\def\MyChapterText#1{#1 
>  \inright{ \switchtobodyfont[MyTitling, 72pt] \rm \headnumber[chapter] }
>}
>
>\setuphead
>   [Topic, chapter]
>   [textcommand=\MyChapterText,
>    style={\switchtobodyfont[MyTitling, 16pt]\sc},
>    color=black,
>    number=no,
>    page=right,
>    continue=no,
>    header=empty,
>    before=\vbox to 4cm\bgroup,
>    after=\vss\egroup]
>
>Many thanks,
>Randall
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>  
>
 From cont-eni.pdf, chapter Text elements:

\setuphead[...][..,..=..,..]
:
command    \command#1#2
numbercommand    \command#1
textcommand    \command#1
:

Use textcommand only for text, numbercommand only for number,
command for both;
you can see some examples in section    Variations in titles .