margin text headings

["Idris Samawi Hamid" <ishamid@colostate.edu>]

Dear consortium,

In

\setuptexttexts[margin]

it would be nice to have an option for the margin text (used for headings  
here) to start from the top of the textblock, instead of the middle,  
something like

marginposition = top, middle % middle is default

\setuptexttexts[margin][][\setups{text a}][\setups{text b}][]
\setuptext[marginposition=top,state=high,]

As is one has to do alot of guesswork. Can this be implemented (if it is  
not already)?

In any case, is there a better way to do this (see example file)?

Best
Idris

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% output=pdf interface=en

%\setuppapersize [A5][A4]

\newdimen\Margin
\Margin=1.5cm

\newdimen\MarginRaise
\MarginRaise=112.6ex % guesswork

\setuptexttexts[margin][][\setups{text a}][\setups{text b}][]
\setuptext[style=\it,state=high]

\startsetups[text a]
\raise\MarginRaise\hbox{\vtop{\hsize=\Margin%
   \startalignment[right]
   Testing Knuth 2
   \stopalignment
}}
\stopsetups

\startsetups[text b]
\raise\MarginRaise\hbox{\vtop{\hsize=\Margin%
   \startalignment[right]
   Testing Knuth 1
   \stopalignment
}} \stopsetups

\setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided,
                     location={footer,middle}]

\showframe

\starttext

\dorecurse{20}{\input knuth\par }

\stoptext

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Professor Idris Samawi Hamid
Department of Philosophy
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523

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