Thanks Mojca. I knew the backspace would work, but I did not know why the settings I specified did not work. I thought that if I explicitly specify all the relevant dimensions, it would calculate backspace. Seems like backspace is a necessary input. Maybe this should be clarified on the Wiki.
On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 11:45 PM, Mojca Miklavec <mojca.miklavec.li...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 05:19, Curiouslearn wrote: >> Why does the following does not center the text? I am choosing a >> letter size paper which is 8.5 inches wide. I have both margins at >> 1.5in > > That's width of box called margin (the one where you put side notes > etc). You need to set backspace=1.5in and that should suffice. > >> and all other distances equal to 0 in. Should the text be not >> centered. > > No, because backspace=1in by default, so what you thought of as "left > margin" is only 1in wide and the right one probably 2in then. > > Mojca > >> \setuppapersize[letter][letter] >> \setuplayout[leftmargin=1.5in,rightmargin=1.5in,leftedge=0in,rightedge=0in,leftmargindistance=0in,rightmargindistance=0in,leftedgedistance=0in,rightedgedistance=0in,width=5.5in] >> >> \starttext >> \showlayout >> \input tufte >> \stoptext > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > 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 : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ > wiki : http://contextgarden.net > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________
