From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/37781 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Aditya Mahajan Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: booklet set up Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2007 18:14:11 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: References: <858083424.20071207001041@gmail.com> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1196982927 12672 80.91.229.12 (6 Dec 2007 23:15:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2007 23:15:27 +0000 (UTC) To: Yatskovsky , mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Fri Dec 07 00:15:36 2007 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 lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1J0PwH-0006rv-5L for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Fri, 07 Dec 2007 00:15:29 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 207B01FB5B; Fri, 7 Dec 2007 00:15:11 +0100 (CET) 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 32667-03-5; Fri, 7 Dec 2007 00:15:01 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id A156F1FB1D; Fri, 7 Dec 2007 00:15:00 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 50A881FB29 for ; Fri, 7 Dec 2007 00:14:56 +0100 (CET) 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 32667-03-4 for ; Fri, 7 Dec 2007 00:14:21 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from hackers.mr.itd.umich.edu (smtp.mail.umich.edu [141.211.14.81]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id D8DA61FB14 for ; Fri, 7 Dec 2007 00:14:19 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: FROM adi-laptop.local (Unknown [141.212.54.40]) BY hackers.mr.itd.umich.edu ID 47588245.EA13F.24128 ; 6 Dec 2007 18:14:14 -0500 X-X-Sender: adityam@adi-laptop In-Reply-To: <858083424.20071207001041@gmail.com> X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 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:37781 Archived-At: On Fri, 7 Dec 2007, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky wrote: > 2) I was always scared by explanation of \showlayout on texshow: > > "Horizontal: (if singleside then outside is at right and inside is at left) > =========== > width => width of text area > middle: automatic calculation consider A) params > fit: automatic calculation consider A)+B) params > dimension: cutspace should be 0 and is calculated according to backspace > > A) params: (\paperwidth=\backspace+\makeupwidth+\cutspace) > backspace => width of inner margin > cutspace => width of outer margin (if 0 then = backspace!) > "... > > and so on. It looks like a program, not manual, and I never understood it, despite it explains very important concept, missed on Wiki -- 'fit' and 'middle' options. Can someone throw a light on these? There are some nice examples in the context manual. Different layout settings and how the typeset page looks. Also try the t-layout package by Patrick. It helped me a lot to see how the layout will look like. Aditya ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________