Re: How to use layers or other methods for precise positioning of items

[Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>]

� wrote:

>When I was trying to use this feature for multipage document it cut of
>all of the pages except the first.  I found out that the layers
>weren't thought to be part of the content of the file but more like a
>background and I can't figure out how to use them on many pages
>without placing something like a dot on every page.  Is there any way
>to do this?
>I discovered that the layers were "inserted" into the document via
>"\setupbackgrounds[page]" so I understand why it acts like this but I
>am asking if there is some way of getting layers working like I want?
>  
>
was this solved?

(btw, if you are positioning things in a n by n way, an option is to use 
small pages (A7 or so) and ise the page imposition xy feature to collect 
them on a page)

>Another thing I was wondering about is how to make items like images
>bleed (that is to go over the edge of the paper, to avoid white lines
>at the margin).  Can I use negative values for positioning to achive
>that?
>  
>
indeed,

\setposition[...][hoffset=2mm,voffset=-2mm,...]

(in principle h(v)offset and x(y) do similar things but having two keys 
for each makes it possibel to separate the bleed from the positioning)

Hans