Hi, I'm re-posting my previous reply to a request from Wolfgang Schuster to supply an example that exhibits the problem of headers at page bottom. In my previous reply the attached example was more or less obscurely hidden in a link at the bottom of the Digest. This time I included the example in the e-mail -- it's a bit long I'm afraid. Here's an example of a ConTeXt file where a header occurs at page bottom. The subsection named "Perl snippet" occurs at the bottom of page 2, followed by framed text on page 3. It would be much nicer if the header would be written on page 3. Note: I extracted this example from a real-life text; for some reason the frames in the example are drawn wrongly, but this is beside the point. Run the example with texexec --pdf test.tex These are the outputs of pdfetex --version and texexec --version on my system (Fedora Core 6): texexec : TeXExec 5.2.4 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 texutil : TeXUtil 9.0.0 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1992-2004 tex : pdfeTeX, 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.4) context : ver: 2005.01.31 cont-en : ver: 2005.01.31 fmt: 2009.1.26 mes: english pdfeTeX 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.4) kpathsea version 3.5.4 -------------------------------- Example --------------------------------- \def\Doctitle{ Yoyo reference guide } \def\Author{ Flavius Aurelius } \def\Copyrightyear{ 2023 } \def\Revision{ (revision 0.1) } \def\Footertext{ {\copyright} {\Copyrightyear} Yoyomatic {\Revision} } \installlanguage[en] %------------------------------ Set papersize -------------------------------- \setuppapersize[A4] %-------------------------- Define layout geometry --------------------------- \definelayout[myCustomLayout][ header=10mm, % height of header footer=10mm, % height of footer topspace=8mm, % space above header bottomspace=\topspace, % space below footer backspace=25mm, cutspace=20mm, width=middle, height=middle, marking=on, % enable the marking of text grid=no, ] \setuplayout[myCustomLayout] % Experimental \definelayout[TitlePageLayout][header=0pt, footer=0pt, backspace=0.25\paperwidth, topspace=0.25\paperheight] \definestartstop [TitlePageLayout] [before={\setuplayout[TitlePageLayout]}, after={\page[left]\setuplayout[reset]}] %------------------------------ Page numbering ------------------------------- \setuppagenumbering [alternative=doublesided, location={footer,right}, % where should page number appear left={Page }] % text to the left of page number %------------------------------ Custom colors -------------------------------- \setupcolors[state=start] \definecolor[DarkYellow] [r=0.5,g=0.5,b=0.1] \definecolor[LightYellow][r=1.0,g=1.0,b=0.8] \definecolor[LightBlue] [r=0.1,g=0.1,b=1.0] \definecolor[VeryLightBlue] [r=0.9,g=0.9,b=1.0] \definecolor[DarkBlue] [r=0.0,g=0.0,b=0.4] \definecolor[LightBlack] [r=0.4,g=0.4,b=0.4] \definecolor[DarkWhite] [r=0.8,g=0.8,b=0.9] %------------------------- Custom font definitions --------------------------- % Define custom fonts for title, chapter etc. \definebodyfont [10pt,11pt,12pt][rm][chapterFont=SansBold at 36pt, sectionFont=SansBold at 24pt, subsectionFont=SansBold at 24pt, subsubsectionFont=SansBold at 18pt, titleFont=SansBold at 36pt] % The following setup defines the attributes for drawing horizontal lines % across the page. These lines are drawn with macros \thinline and \hairline. %\setupthinrules[color=black,rulethickness=0.5mm] \setupthinrules[color=black] \setuphead[title] [style=\titleFont, color=black] \setuphead[chapter] [before=\crlf, % insert empty line before chapter title style=\chapterFont, color=black, prefix=+] \setuphead[section] [before=\crlf, style=\sectionFont, color=black, prefix=+] \setuphead[subsection] [before=\crlf, style=\subsectionFont, color=black, prefix=+] \setuphead[subsubsection][before=\crlf, style=\subsubsectionFont, color=black, prefix=+] \definehead[myhead][section] \setuphead[myhead] [before=\crlf, page=yes, % start on new page number=no, style=\subsectionFont, color=black] \definehead[submyhead][myhead] \setuphead[submyhead] [page=no, % don't start on new page before={\testpage[3]\blank}, % start on new page if less % than ... lines fit on the % current page style=\subsubsectionFont, color=black] %--------------------------- Headers and footers ----------------------------- \setupheader[text][after=\hairline] \setupfooter[text][before=\hairline] \setupheadertexts[chapter][\Doctitle] \setupfootertexts[text][\midaligned{\Footertext}][pagenumber] %----------------------- Attributes for framed texts ------------------------- \setupframedtexts[width=fit, height=fit, offset=0mm, location=middle, bodyfont=12pt, framecorner=rectangular, framecolor=DarkYellow, background=color, backgroundcolor=LightYellow] \setupframed[width=fit, height=fit, offset=2mm, location=middle, bodyfont=12pt, framecorner=rectangular, framecolor=DarkYellow, background=color, backgroundcolor=LightYellow] % This is a better framed text -- it breaks over pages: \definetextbackground[FramedText][ location=paragraph, rulethickness=0.5pt, framecolor=DarkYellow, background=color, backgroundcolor=LightYellow, leftoffset=0.5\bodyfontsize, rightoffset=0.5\bodyfontsize, topoffset=1.0\bodyfontsize, bottomoffset=1.0\bodyfontsize, before={\testpage[3]}, % test if 3 lines fit on current % page, otherwise go to next page frame=on] %------------------------- Attributes for footnotes -------------------------- \setupfootnotes[rule=off,background=color,backgroundcolor=white] \setupfootnotedefinition[background=color,backgroundcolor=red] %---------------------- Attributes for verbatim texts ------------------------ % % This is meant for verbatim text and code examples. \setuptyping[margin=3mm, space=off, % Do not show space characters explicitely color=DarkBlue, % Color of verbatim text before={\startFramedText}, % Draw verbatim text on a background after={\stopFramedText}, ] \setupbackground[background=color,backgroundcolor=LightYellow] %----------------------------- Table attributes ------------------------------ \setupcaption[table][location=bottom] \setuptables[rulethickness=0.1mm,rulecolor=LightBlack,background=color,backgroundcolor=red] % Experimental (splitting does not work in combination with placeTABLE) \setupTABLE[split=yes] \setupTABLE[row][each][background=none,frame=off] \setupTABLE[column][each][frame=on,bottomframe=off,topframe=off] \setupTABLE[column][first][leftframe=off] \setupTABLE[column][last][rightframe=off] \setupTABLE[row][first][bottomframe=on, background=color,backgroundcolor=VeryLightBlue] \setupTABLE[row][last][bottomframe=on] \definefloat[TABLE][TABLEs] \setupfloat[TABLE][location=middle] %------------------------- Set up table of contents -------------------------- \setupheadtext[content={Table of Contents}] % The title \definecombinedlist [ToC][chapter,section,subsection,myhead][ placehead=yes, criterium=all] \setupcombinedlist[ToC][interaction=all,alternative=c] \def\placeToC{\crlf\chapter{Table of Contents}\crlf\placecombinedlist[ToC]} \starttext \chapter{Reference} \section{Overview} \myhead{Tiytiiiiuytiii} \starttyping zxzzzz zxzAzzIzzzxzzz zxzzzz zxzzzzzzzz zxzzzz zzzzzzzzz zzzzzz zzzzxzzzzxzz zzzzzz zzzzzz zzzzzz zzzxzzzz zzzyzz z-zzxzzzxzzzz zzzyzz z-zzxzzzxzzzz \stoptyping \submyhead{Ejhgfjgjgjn} Azzz xz zzzzxzzz zz zzzzzzzzz zz zxzzzzzzzz zxzzzz $<$zzzzz$>$zzzzxzzzzxzz$<$/zzzzz$>$ zzzz x zzxzzzzzzxzzzz zz zzzzzz, zzzxzzzz xzz zzxzzzxzzzz. 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Iz xz zzzzxzzz zz zzz zzzzzzz zz x zxzzzz zz zzzxzzz, zzz zxzzzz zz zzz zzzzxzzz zz zzzz xz zzz zzzzzzz. \submyhead{Python snippet} \starttyping # Azz x zzzz "B" zz zzz zxzzzz, zzzzz zz zxzzzz zz zzz zzzzzzz zzz zxzzzz [zxzLzxzCzz zzz/zz.zzz] zzz zzzzzzz [zxzTzzCzzz $zxzzzz] zz [zxzzz {zxzAzzCzzz $zxzzzz "B"} zzzzzzz] { # zzzzz zzzzzzzz, zzzz zzzzzz! zzzz $zzzzzzz zzzz } zzzz { # zzzz xzzzz zz, xzz zzzzxzzz zz [zxzzz {zxzAzzIzzzxzzz $zzzzzzz $zzzzzzz "I0" M0 R0 0 0} zzzzzzz ] { # zzzzz zzzzzzzz, zzzzxzzz zxzz zzzzzz! zzzz $zzzzzzz zzzz } } \stoptyping \submyhead{Perl snippet} \starttyping # Azz x zzzz "B" zz zzz zxzzzz, zzzzz zz zxzzzz zz zzz zzzzzzz zzz zzzzzz; zzz zxzzzzzzzy; zz $zxzzzz = zxzLzxzCzz("zzz/zz.zzz"); zz $zzzzzzz = zxzTzzCzzz($zxzzzz); zz $zzzzzzz; zzxz { $zzzzzzz = zxzAzzCzzz($zxzzzz,"B") }; zz ($@) { # zzzzz zzzzzzzz, zzzz zzzzzz! zzz $@; } zzzz { # zzzz xzzzz zz, xzz zzzzxzzz zz $zzzzzzz; zzxz { $zzzzzzz = zxzAzzIzzzxzzz($zzzzzzz,$zzzzzzz,"I0","M0","R0",0,0); }; zz ($@) { # zzzzz zzzzzzzz, zzzzxzzz zxzz zzzzzz! zzz $@; } \stoptyping \stoptext ----------------------------- End of example ----------------------------- Thanks in advance, Jos