From: John Devereux <jdREMOVE@THISdevereux.me.uk>
To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Subject: Re: \startfrontmatter & Co.
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:02:04 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87bq0vqiyr.fsf@cordelia.devereux.me.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <326847810807180604j4384e90ah95f774aa28243571@mail.gmail.com> (Alan Stone's message of "Fri\, 18 Jul 2008 15\:04\:16 +0200")
"Alan Stone" <software.list.1es9s@gmail.com> writes:
> On page 17, the ConTeXt manual mentions the commands
>
> \startfrontmatter - \stopfrontmatter
> \startbodymatter - \stopbodymatter
> \startbackmatter - \stopbackmatter
>
> What's the precise use and benefit of these commands, other
> a cleaner project structure ?
I used them because it lets me use \setupsection and
\setupsectionblock to customise the appearance of each part, in the
setup area (rather than in the document).
<http://texshow.contextgarden.net/command/detail/298>
<http://texshow.contextgarden.net/command/detail/296>
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John Devereux
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Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-07-18 13:04 Alan Stone
2008-07-18 15:37 ` Wolfgang Schuster
2008-07-19 11:01 ` Alan Stone
2008-07-21 6:15 ` Wolfgang Schuster
2008-07-18 16:02 ` John Devereux [this message]
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