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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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      parent reply	other threads:[~2008-07-18 16:02 UTC|newest]

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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