Re: Still confused about \setuplayout

[Taco Hoekwater <taco@elvenkind.com>]

Alan Stone wrote:
> 
> CanItBeAnyMoreConfusingText ?

 From left to right, you have:

   (left)edge
   (left)edgedistance
   (left)margin
   (left)margindistance
   width
   (right)margindistance
   (right)margin
   (right)edgedistance
   (right)edge

The location of all this on the paper is defined by backspace, which
gives the distance between the appropriate (left or right) edge of the
text width and the physical paper edge.

Similar logic applies in the vertical direction. \showlayout will
give the current values and keys (put it after \starttext, it generates 
four pages of typeset information).  I am somewhat confused myself as to
why this is generally considered to  be so confusing.

In vertical mode, it goes like this

    top
    topdistance
    header
    headerdistance
    textheight
    footerdistance
    footer
    bottomdistance
    bottom

"height" sets up the dimension that controls the inner five areas
(header ... footer). "topspace" is the distance between the vertical
top edge of the paper and the top of "header".

You can put \showlayout after \starttext. It will generate four pages
of settings (because of double-sided ness).

Best wishes,
Taco


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