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[77.5.125.172]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id u3sm40317901bkw.9.2013.01.06.10.22.16 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sun, 06 Jan 2013 10:22:16 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1499) X-Bayes-Prob: 0.9999 (Score 4.7, tokens from: @@RPTN) X-CanIt-Geo: ip=209.85.214.42; country=US; region=CA; city=Mountain View; postalcode=94043; latitude=37.4192; longitude=-122.0574; metrocode=807; areacode=650; http://maps.google.com/maps?q=37.4192,-122.0574&z=6 X-CanItPRO-Stream: uu:ntg-context@ntg.nl (inherits from uu:default, base:default) X-Canit-Stats-ID: 0TIIGmivJ - 13348dc6d16c - 20130106 X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 194.171.167.218 X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:80109 Archived-At: Am 06.01.2013 um 15:10 schrieb Sietse Brouwer : >>> but the rightmarginwidth =3D 3.7569cm, not 0.1cm, I do not know why? >>> what should I do to widen the texwidth? >> = >> http://www.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2012/064650.html > = > In which Wolfgang wrote: >> The horizontal dimensions are determined by the three values >> = >> - backspace (distance from the left/inner margin) >> - cutspace (distance from the right/outer margin) >> - width (width of the textblock) >> = >> Normally you need only two values because when you set >> backspace + width the cutspace is > calculated and when >> you set backspace + cutspace you can write width=3Dmiddle >> and the width of the text block will be calculated. > = > Which is a good explanation, and he explains how vertical dimensions > work, too. Allow me to add this e-mail to answer another question you > will probably have: "What about the marginwidth, margindistance, > edgewidth, and edgedistance? Those are also horizontal values!" > = > A good question. The answer is that =91margin=92 means two things: > 1. the space between the edge of the textblock and the boundary of the pa= per > 2. a typesetting area inside that space, in which marginal material is ty= peset. > = > Inside \setuplayout, margin has the second meaning: marginwidth is the > width of the margin, and margindistance the distance between the text > area and the margin area. > = > There are also the =91edges=92: these are typesetting areas outside the > margin areas. Some uses I can think of: colouring the edge of the page > in a guidebook with sections; placing informative marks in general; > printing a sort of vertical header/footer; etc. > = > This is not a bad reference: > http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Layout I wrote a short seven page example where you can see both margins don=92t influence the layout because they=92re just put on the sides like attachments. \setuppapersize[A4][A3] \setuplayout [location=3Dmiddle, header=3D0pt, footer=3D0pt] \setuppagenumbering[location=3D] \definefont[BigFont][Mono*none sa 4] \starttext \showframe[page] \centerbox{\BigFont PAGE}\page \setuplayout [backspace=3D2cm, cutspace=3D2cm, width=3Dmiddle, topspace=3D2cm, bottomspace=3D2cm, height=3Dmiddle] \showframe[text] \centerbox{\BigFont TEXTBLOCK}\page \setuplayout [header=3D2cm, headerdistance=3D1cm, footer=3D2cm, footerdistance=3D1cm] \showframe[header,footer] \centerbox{\BigFont HEADER/FOOTER}\page \setuplayout [leftmargin=3D2cm, leftmargindistance=3D1cm] \showframe[leftmargin] \centerbox{\BigFont LEFTMARGIN}\page \setuplayout [leftedge=3D2cm, leftedgedistance=3D1cm] \showframe[leftedge] \centerbox{\BigFont LEFTEDGE}\page \setuplayout [rightmargin=3D2cm, rightmargindistance=3D1cm] \showframe[rightmargin] \centerbox{\BigFont RIGHTMARGIN}\page \setuplayout [rightedge=3D2cm, rightedgedistance=3D1cm] \showframe[rightedge] \centerbox{\BigFont RIGHTEDGE}\page \stoptext Wolfgang ___________________________________________________________________________= ________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to t= he Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-cont= ext webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________= ________