From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/27484 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Willi Egger Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Cranky booklet layout. Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 10:42:29 +0200 Message-ID: <444F3275.1070302@boede.nl> References: <200604252102.55576.john@wexfordpress.com> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1146040974 27707 80.91.229.2 (26 Apr 2006 08:42:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 08:42:54 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Wed Apr 26 10:42:50 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FYfbc-0003HC-LY for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Wed, 26 Apr 2006 10:42:40 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id F01DF127B4; Wed, 26 Apr 2006 10:42:39 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 01631-01; Wed, 26 Apr 2006 10:42:33 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 63CA41279A; Wed, 26 Apr 2006 10:42:33 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5053D1279A for ; Wed, 26 Apr 2006 10:42:31 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 30007-01 for ; Wed, 26 Apr 2006 10:42:30 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from smtp-vbr7.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr7.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.27]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with SMTP id 0A0D012772 for ; Wed, 26 Apr 2006 10:42:29 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from [127.0.0.1] (a80-126-172-1.adsl.xs4all.nl [80.126.172.1]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp-vbr7.xs4all.nl (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k3Q8gRQg094705 for ; Wed, 26 Apr 2006 10:42:29 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from w.egger@boede.nl) User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (Windows/20050923) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en Original-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users In-Reply-To: <200604252102.55576.john@wexfordpress.com> X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.7 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:27484 Archived-At: Hi John, Coud it be that you simply forgot the "=" after width? Willi John R. Culleton wrote: >First I built a letter-on-tabloid booklet like this: > >\definepapersize[tabloid][width=11in,height=17in] >\setuppapersize[letter][tabloid] >\setuparranging[2UP,rotated,doublesided] >\setuplayout[width=7in,location=doublesided,backspace=0.73in, >topspace=.0in,height=10.3in] > >This worked pretty well. For the next iteration I wanted to >reduce the size by one half, in other words a half letter sheet >on a letter sheet. I came up with this: > >\definepapersize[halff][width 5.5in,height=8.5in] >\definepapersize[ful][width 8.5in,height=11in] >\setuppapersize[halff][ful] >\setuparranging[2UP,rotated,doublesided] > >Now no amount of fiddling with \setuplayout parameters seems to >place the logical pages correctly on the paper. If I use no such parameters >whatever the entire physical page image seem to slide toward the >bottom of the piece of paper. As a result the bottom logical page >slides halfway off the page. > >Can anyone spot an obvious goof? > >John Culleton > > > >