From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/54777 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Mojca Miklavec Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Layout - once again! Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:45:55 +0100 Message-ID: <6faad9f00911252045m4d9e9187r35d6d06c57c52335@mail.gmail.com> References: <3b4b12310911252019i3e091147ocecc19d1d3267ec@mail.gmail.com> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1259210780 30938 80.91.229.12 (26 Nov 2009 04:46:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:46:20 +0000 (UTC) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Thu Nov 26 05:46:04 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([195.12.62.10]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1NDWF2-0002v8-Qs for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:46:04 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 50D8DC9C68; Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:43:14 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id kCmgsrYKrvU4; Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:43:13 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC25EC9C71; Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:43:10 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id F19CEC9C71 for ; Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:43:08 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id dAKTfMvAk6fP for ; Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:43:06 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from mail-ew0-f209.google.com (mail-ew0-f209.google.com [209.85.219.209]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21754C9C68 for ; Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:43:05 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: by ewy1 with SMTP id 1so299873ewy.34 for ; Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:45:55 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=dkggtlbs/yIdy/qrHcnQhjLkOKxOqj+WcokOAjeB0lg=; b=GIqRQr5PxpJG2PdRbbjbkVZumPm5u32Q1MJ6SHyC+bvIN25AvIFDtIxzT091GnDotO EbiHyYFsEheyEaAr5KUKlEaxtdtupegchTgTQ7vxoSeiNii+ECBgUWSAiR1k1yHPQsgy cEzs/7YcEdBR7TH9YrSjvueHLXbuewqQhrZnA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; b=D4vbSyYYppQbpUzyLjiZ6GfHSeLrIxPURQnSwsoqSa2s2HyIUw+bPpWON2FT4isg+6 XjtZ/nQl2lXtPnKgh1hqzx1BzgC1eK3B5ssArmIStmNvjRZ2fwSLhPGcj/fLJSUaZ3Kw 1XUAHVkiDiBQZGDNFxPEl2vrmWSZ30OJ4muXM= Original-Received: by 10.216.89.213 with SMTP id c63mr1514093wef.211.1259210755285; Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:45:55 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <3b4b12310911252019i3e091147ocecc19d1d3267ec@mail.gmail.com> X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 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 Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:54777 Archived-At: On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 05:19, Curiouslearn wrote: > Why does the following does not center the text? I am choosing a > letter size paper which is 8.5 inches wide. I have both margins at > 1.5in That's width of box called margin (the one where you put side notes etc). You need to set backspace=1.5in and that should suffice. > and all other distances equal to 0 in. Should the text be not > centered. No, because backspace=1in by default, so what you thought of as "left margin" is only 1in wide and the right one probably 2in then. Mojca > \setuppapersize[letter][letter] > \setuplayout[leftmargin=1.5in,rightmargin=1.5in,leftedge=0in,rightedge=0in,leftmargindistance=0in,rightmargindistance=0in,leftedgedistance=0in,rightedgedistance=0in,width=5.5in] > > \starttext > \showlayout > \input tufte > \stoptext ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________