From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/30475 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Sanjoy Mahajan Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: 2DOWN imposition gives blank pages Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 12:10:07 +0100 Message-ID: References: <44ED4D35.8050307@elvenkind.com> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1156417921 27530 80.91.229.2 (24 Aug 2006 11:12:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 11:12:01 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Thu Aug 24 13:11:51 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GGD6W-0007om-RD for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Thu, 24 Aug 2006 13:10:32 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id BBBC41FED4; Thu, 24 Aug 2006 13:10:31 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 19188-01; Thu, 24 Aug 2006 13:10:22 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 910BD1FED9; Thu, 24 Aug 2006 13:10:22 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A12B1FED9 for ; Thu, 24 Aug 2006 13:10:19 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 19187-01 for ; Thu, 24 Aug 2006 13:10:13 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from mraos.ra.phy.cam.ac.uk (mraos.ra.phy.cam.ac.uk [131.111.48.8]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with SMTP id BB0311FED4 for ; Thu, 24 Aug 2006 13:10:09 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from skye.ra.phy.cam.ac.uk ([131.111.48.158] ident=mail) by mraos.ra.phy.cam.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GGD67-0000DQ-5H; Thu, 24 Aug 2006 12:10:07 +0100 Original-Received: from sanjoy by skye.ra.phy.cam.ac.uk with local (Exim 3.36 #1) id 1GGD67-0007Ly-00; Thu, 24 Aug 2006 12:10:07 +0100 Original-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 24 Aug 2006 08:54:45 +0200." <44ED4D35.8050307@elvenkind.com> X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.7 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 X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:30475 Archived-At: Taco wrote: > Don't you need: > > \setuppapersize[A5,landscape][A4,landscape] > \setuparranging[2DOWN,rotated] > The following produces a first page with p.1 on the right half, but a blank 2nd page: \setuppapersize[A5,landscape][A4,landscape] \setuparranging[2DOWN,rotated] \starttext \input tufte \stoptext That looks okay, except for the blank 2nd page. But shouldn't it also work to impose two A5's on one landscape A4? Here's a few more puzzles related to that. If they are doing what they are supposed to, let me know -- then I need to understand the imposition system more. \setuppapersize[A5][A4,landscape] \setuparranging[2UP] \starttext \input tufte \page \input tufte \stoptext produces a two-page document: p.1: | | 1 | (i.e. blank left half, and original p.1 on the right half) p.2: | 2 | | (i.e. original p.2 on left half, blank right half) Shouldn't it produce p.1: | 1 | 2 | Here's my reasoning. Two A5's (with their long directions vertical) fit side by side to make one A4 in landscape orientation with text running down along the short direction, which looks like 2-column text done the hard way. So, for a two-page original document, 2UP arranging should produce either p.1: | 1 | 2 | or p.1: | 2 | 1 | So in case I've confused the directions of 2UP and 2DOWN, I also tried: \setuppapersize[A5][A4,landscape] \setuparranging[2DOWN] \starttext \input tufte \page \input tufte \stoptext It produces: p.1: | | | p.2: | 2 | | The original p.1 disappeared, which I don't understand. Also I don't understand why it results in two output pages. But this hack: \setuppapersize[A5][A4,landscape] \setuparranging[2UP] \starttext \null\page \input tufte \page \input tufte \stoptext produces the following arrangement, which is close to what I expect: p.1: | | 1 | (where the original p.1 is blank except for the page num) p.2: | 2 | 3 | Once I understand what's going on, I'll wikify! -Sanjoy