From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/8915 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Hans Hagen Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Still the old layout problem Date: Sun, 04 Aug 2002 23:23:50 +0200 Sender: owner-ntg-context@let.uu.nl Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.1.20020804231758.02d91728@remote-1> References: <16187655464.20020804130757@iol.it> NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035399279 31409 80.91.224.250 (23 Oct 2002 18:54:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 18:54:39 +0000 (UTC) Cc: ntg-context@ntg.nl Original-To: Giuseppe Bilotta In-Reply-To: <16187655464.20020804130757@iol.it> Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:8915 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:8915 At 01:07 PM 8/4/2002 +0200, Giuseppe Bilotta wrote: >Hello, > >I come here to re-issue the problem with the default layout: as it >is on my machine, the layout is slightly off-centered: the first >half centimeter pops out of the left margin; issuing a horoffset >correction of .5cm fixes the problem, but as it can be seen by >\showframe the whole page is shifted, so that document editing >with this debug feature shows that unpleasant black line running >down the left margin. > >I understand that this layout has to be kept the default for >backwards compatibility reasons, but I think that a new layout >which fits nicely and correctly on the default A4 paper should be >provided, and made available by an appropriate command >(\usenewlayout ?), something alike the macro that corrects the >original design "flaw" of swapping left and right >justification/raggedness. > >As an option, named layout could be added (or are they already >there?), with a \definelayout command et similia (\uselayout, a >change in \setuplayout, etc. hm, this is not a design flaw, but a deliberate one, since in the beginning we used context mainly for single sided stapled reports where we can write notes in the margin, So, why not define: \definelayout [centered] [width=middle, height=middle, margin=1.75cm] % \dimexpr(\backspace-\margindistance-.25cm) in your local cont-sys file so that you can say: \setuplayout[centered] so, there is no need for \usenewlayout esp since you cna bet that others will ask for a \usenewerlayout and \usenewestlayout, for instance because they want vertically centered and/or a larger backspace or inches instead of cms etc It is on my agenda to predefine a couple of layouts and provide them in a module Hans ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE | pragma@wxs.nl Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: +31 (0)38 477 53 69 | fax: +31 (0)38 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- information: http://www.pragma-ade.com/roadmap.pdf documentation: http://www.pragma-ade.com/showcase.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------