From: Keith McKay via ntg-context <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
To: Wolfgang Schuster <wolfgang.schuster.lists@gmail.com>
Cc: Keith McKay <mckaymeister@gmail.com>,
mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Subject: Re: Problem with \setuplayout parameters being ignored
Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2023 17:41:41 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CABX+t6C6wCd-C-Yz_RZkA7sU1mxBCZ4DkyCyEG=z_8vke4+6vQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cef42787-89f7-d07d-ae18-a8d56aa33152@gmail.com>
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Many thanks Wolfgang. Useful tips indeed.
Best Wishes
Keith McKay
On Sun, 5 Mar 2023, 17:24 Wolfgang Schuster, <
wolfgang.schuster.lists@gmail.com> wrote:
> Keith McKay schrieb am 05.03.2023 um 18:10:
> >
> > Thank you so much Wolfgang! I should have realised that. It's what I
> > get for trying to write readable code.
> >
> You can use the = to align keys and values, e.g.
>
> \setuplayout
> [backspace=2.5cm,
> margin=0.5cm,
> width=16cm,
> header=1cm,
> footer=1cm]
>
> Another useful method is to put large settings into a setups-blocks and
> pass the block to a setup-command.
>
> \startsetups [apage]
> \startMPcode
> StartPage;
> ...
> StopPage;
> \stopMPcode
> \stopsetups
>
> \defineoverlay[apage][\directsetup{apage}]
>
> Wolfgang
>
>
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Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-03-05 16:54 Keith McKay via ntg-context
2023-03-05 16:58 ` Wolfgang Schuster via ntg-context
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