RE: layout of xsteps-p

[Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>]

At 09:18 PM 3/11/2003 +0100, you wrote:
>Yes,  I mean the style.
>
>  In fact just how have the margin or edge ??? in black (with footer end
>header),
>  and the great title in (right and horizontal left).

backgrounds like this can be made with mp :

\setupbackgrounds
   [page]
   [offset=3mm,
    background=page]

\defineoverlay
   [page]
   [\reuseMPgraphic{page}]

\startreusableMPgraphic{page}
   StartPage ;
     path p ; p :=
       ulcorner Page --
       llcorner Page --
       llcorner Page shifted (BackSpace-LeftMarginDistance,0) --
       ulcorner Page shifted (BackSpace-LeftMarginDistance,0) -- cycle ;
    fill
      (p enlarged PageOffset) rightenlarged -PageOffset
      withcolor \MPcolor{FillColor} ;
   StopPage ;
   setbounds currentpicture to boundingbox currentpicture enlarged PageOffset ;
\stopreusableMPgraphic

i use a dedicated head \Aspect{Bla bla}:

\definehead
   [Aspect]
   [subject]

\setuphead
   [Aspect]
   [command=\MakeAspect,
    color=lightgray,
    style=\bfb,
    before={\blank[2*big]},
    after={\blank[2*big]},]

\def\MakeAspect#1#2%
   {\hbox
      {\hskip-\marginwidth
       \hskip-\margindistance
       \framed
         [width=.5\textwidth,
          offset=2pt,
          frame=off,
          background=color,
          backgroundcolor=AspectColor]
         {\hskip.25cm#2\hfill}}}

Hans
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