From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/21683 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Matthias Weber Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: \page[+2] Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 12:01:10 -0500 Message-ID: <6eab63da684790e3675df75d79a3f51e@indiana.edu> References: <20050728165740.489D81A8BD@mendoza.math.indiana.edu> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v622) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1122570151 5809 80.91.229.2 (28 Jul 2005 17:02:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 17:02:31 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Thu Jul 28 19:02:21 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DyBl4-0006Np-QL for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Thu, 28 Jul 2005 19:01:22 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A12712799; Thu, 28 Jul 2005 19:01:22 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 27637-04-2; Thu, 28 Jul 2005 19:01:17 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21D9B127B5; Thu, 28 Jul 2005 19:01:17 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id BCD49127B5 for ; Thu, 28 Jul 2005 19:01:15 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 27637-04 for ; Thu, 28 Jul 2005 19:01:14 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from rockridge.uits.indiana.edu (rockridge.uits.indiana.edu [129.79.1.74]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9DB1112799 for ; Thu, 28 Jul 2005 19:01:14 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from mail-relay.iu.edu (fontz.uits.indiana.edu [129.79.1.76]) by rockridge.uits.indiana.edu (8.12.10/8.12.10/IUPO) with ESMTP id j6SH1AD8012380; Thu, 28 Jul 2005 12:01:11 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from [129.79.94.32] (129-79-94-32.dhcp-bl.indiana.edu [129.79.94.32]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail-relay.iu.edu (8.12.10/8.12.10/IUPO) with ESMTP id j6SH1BJC010228 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128 verify=NO); Thu, 28 Jul 2005 12:01:12 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <20050728165740.489D81A8BD@mendoza.math.indiana.edu> Original-To: Elena Fraboschi , mailing list for ConTeXt users X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.622) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.3 (2005-04-27) on smtp.ntg.nl X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:21683 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:21683 In presentations, when the answer for a question always appears on the next page, and the next question appears two pages further down? Matthias On Jul 28, 2005, at 11:57 AM, Elena Fraboschi wrote: > Dear All: > > This is like going to school: every evening I study a very narrow > topic in ConTeXt, the idea being "Si va piano, si va lontano" ("go > slow and you'll get far"). So last night I was to study > cross-references, and that was simple enough EXCEPT... > > I could not come up with a practical application for > \page[+2] or \page[-2]. I understand the concept (I think): > it is two pages ahead, or two pages back, relative to the > current page. But could anyone tell me in what context (sorry for > the pun) would that be used? > > I must be missing something. How could I possibly know what's > on page "current + 2" or "current - 2" unless I compile, in which > case the notation would be equivalent to inserting cross-references > manually? As I said, I am missing something, but what. > > Thanks in advance, elena > > _______________________________________________ > ntg-context mailing list > ntg-context@ntg.nl > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context