Re: \page[+2]

[Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>]

Elena Fraboschi wrote:

>Dear All:
>
>This is like going to school: every evening I study a very narrow
>topic in ConTeXt, the idea being "Si va piano, si va lontano" ("go
>slow and you'll get far").  So last night I was to study
>cross-references, and that was simple enough EXCEPT...
>
>I could not come up with a practical application for 
>\page[+2] or \page[-2].  I understand the concept (I think):
>it is two pages ahead, or two pages back, relative to the
>current page.  But could anyone tell me in what context (sorry for
>the pun) would that be used?
>
>I must be missing something.  How could I possibly know what's
>on page "current + 2" or "current - 2" unless I compile, in which
>case the notation would be equivalent to inserting cross-references
>manually?  As I said, I am missing something, but what.
>  
>
believe me, you will run into much weirder functionality and it all (at least once) had a reason 

\starttext

test \page[+2] test

\stoptext

just a quick way to get a few empty pages 


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