Hey friendly helpers,

I see, this list is one for experts and programmers, less for simple  
users. But given that there is no list for beginners of ConTeXt, I  
make my last attempt to get help in the following problem:

How to create _numbered_ margin notes in ConTeXt?

I have already spent some week of my disposable time to that problem  
without success. I attach an example file as pdf, created in several  
attempts with OpenOffice-writer, with spare success and giving up  
after the 14th note on this half-page. But it can illustrate what I  
want and need:

- Margin(al) notes, numbered/referenced like footnotes, preferably in  
the wider right margin of the page.

- Each margin note possibly on the same line with the referenced word/ 
expression in the text body which shall be translated/explained => if  
possible, i. e. if this place is not yet occupied by a foregoing  
margin note for a word or phrase in the same or a former line.

- In the latter case, the margin note shall be typeset _below_ the  
former margin note (without printing one note on the other).

Is there a way to setup/define the inmargin in the preamble of a  
ConTeXt document but then getting this result with a normal or  
(foregoing defined) command?

Any other advice for to get this result?

Or is it - for TeXnical reasons - not possible to achieve this result  
with reasonable effort in ConTeXt neither?

I would be happy to get assistance (best the necessary commands/setup  
text) or any other advice to get the wanted result.

Hopefully,

Joachim Kreimer-de Fries

Am 23.05.2008 um 09:23 schrieb Wolfgang Schuster:

>>>> 3. How to setup page/layout dimensions?
>>> \setuplayout
>>>   [backspace=2cm,
>>>    width=10cm,
>>>    rightmargin=8cm,
>>>    ...]
>>
>> This worked immediatly. Thank you very much, Wolfgang,  for your
>> swift help!
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