Re: Asymmetric margins

[Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>]

At 07:47 AM 4/5/2002 -0600, you wrote:
>On Thu, 4 Apr 2002 14:55:41 -0500
>John Culleton <john@wexfordpress.com> wrote:
>
> >  I would like to set up:
> >  left margin=.5in and right margin= 1.5in for right hand pages,
> >  left margin=1.5in and right margin .5in for left hand pages.
> >
> >  This leaves room for a sidebar (marginal text) on the outer
> >  edge of either page type.
>
>I haven't tried putting anything in the margins yet, but I want to use
>marginal notes extensively in my next projects, so I am interested in
>this also.

hm, i've done a lot of margin stuff last days (stacking graphics in margins 
and edges, on grids, spanning areas, etc) so you can imaging that it is 
somehow possible to use the margins -)

>Here is how I've controlled margin widths for a book layout.
>
>This turns on right-left mirroring:
>
>     \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided]

right, but

   alternative={doublesided,singlesided}

gives you a non mirrored alternative

>Say the page width is 8.5in. I want a 1in gutter on the inside margin of
>each page, and a 1.5in margin on the outer edge.
>
>     \setuplayout[backspace=1in, width=6in]

(in the latest version there is also cutspace)

>"backspace" is the gutter, "width" is the text area, and whatever is
>left over is the outer margin:
>
>     8.5 - 1 - 6 = 1.5
>
>As far as I can see, the outer margin is not specified directly. The
>page width is an implicit factor in the calculation.

you can specify

   backspace=1in,cutspace=1.5in,width=middle

indeed the page width is importasnt, which is why you can say:

\definepapersize[WhyUseInches][width=8.5in,height=14in]

\setuppapersize[WhyUseInches][letter]

\setuplayout[location=middle,marking=on]

etc etc

Also, you can specify leftmargin/rightmargin etc but those are virtual

Hans
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