From: Hans Hagen via ntg-context <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
To: Leah Neukirchen via ntg-context <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Cc: Hans Hagen <j.hagen@xs4all.nl>
Subject: Re: startTEXpage on A4
Date: Sun, 9 Oct 2022 18:39:55 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4ee178f6-8dfd-246a-7d85-92b259580bba@xs4all.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87fsfxdryn.fsf@vuxu.org>
On 10/9/2022 3:52 PM, Leah Neukirchen via ntg-context wrote:
> Wolfgang Schuster via ntg-context <ntg-context@ntg.nl> writes:
>
>> Leah Neukirchen via ntg-context schrieb am 09.10.2022 um 15:19:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> is there a way to have something like
>>>
>>> \setuppapersize[A5][A4]
>>>
>>> but have the "inner paper size" be a computed fit like in
>>> \startTEXpage?
>>>
>>> Or, alternatively, is there is a way to print crop marks around
>>> an environment like \startTEXpage?
>>
>> Can you be more concrete what your goal is, there are a few ways to solve
>> your problem but with a few more information we can give you a good
>> solution.
>
> Say I want to print some stickers or paper strips of non-fixed size,
> and get crop marks around them to know where to cut.
>
> With \setuppapersize and \setuparranging I can do this nicely if I
> know the size in advance, but in some cases I don't.
\unprotect % fix needed
\def\page_boxes_apply_offset % #box
{\unless\ifdim\topoffset=\zeropoint
\expandafter\page_boxes_apply_offset_indeed
\orunless\ifdim\backoffset=\zeropoint
\expandafter\page_boxes_apply_offset_indeed
\else
\expandafter\gobbleoneargument
\fi}
\protect
\definepapersize
[label]
[width=6cm,
height=25mm]
\setuppapersize
[label] [A4]
\setuplayout
[page]
\setuppaper
[nx=3,
ny=10,
dx=1mm,
dy=1mm]
\setuplayout
[horoffset=50mm,
veroffset=10mm]
\setuparranging
[XY]
\setupbackgrounds
[page]
[frame=on]
\starttext
\dorecurse{56}
{\startpagemakeup
\midaligned{test #1}
\stoppagemakeup}
\stoptext
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-10-09 16:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-10-09 13:19 Leah Neukirchen via ntg-context
2022-10-09 13:48 ` Wolfgang Schuster via ntg-context
2022-10-09 13:52 ` Leah Neukirchen via ntg-context
2022-10-09 14:02 ` Wolfgang Schuster via ntg-context
2022-10-09 16:39 ` Hans Hagen via ntg-context [this message]
2022-10-09 18:49 ` Leah Neukirchen via ntg-context
2022-10-09 19:11 ` Henning Hraban Ramm via ntg-context
2022-10-10 12:39 ` Willi Egger via ntg-context
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