[NTG-context] Re: LUA API for page numbers

[Hans Hagen <j.hagen@xs4all.nl>]

On 5/21/2024 10:26 AM, Luc Chabassier wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> I have recently migrated my PhD dissertation from LaTeX to ConTeXt. In
> LaTeX I was using kaobook, a template with lots of margin notes, but I
> was frustrated with the automatic placement of the notes.
> 
> I implemented a system using overlays that automatically places the
> notes using lua. To know where the ideal placement should be (if they do
> not interact with each other), I use lua to insert a latelua whatsit
> that uses lpdf.getpos() to get the coordinate on the rendered page.
> However, I haven't found a way to get the page number using lua, and the
> tex macro \pagenumber is unreliable near pagebreaks.
> 
> Furthermore, it would be helpful to know if there is a way to access the
> position and sizes of figures at the end.
you have to provide some mwe so that we can see what is intended; in 
principle much info is available one way or the other

concerning notes in the margin ... did you try the built in magin text 
mechanisms?

Hans


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