Yeah! Woo! On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 2:40 PM, Peter Park Nelson <peter.park.nel...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 12:18 PM, Wolfgang Schuster > <schuster.wolfg...@googlemail.com> wrote: >> >> Am 26.01.2012 um 03:41 schrieb Peter Park Nelson: >> >>> First-page layout is an issue that I have asked about before, but >>> maybe I am doing something wrong. Here is my question in an earlier >>> thread: >>> http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/20111228.041922.c60f9cd5.en.html. >>> >>> I want to define a layout for the first page of my document with >>> different header and footer formatting -- specifically, no header and >>> a large footer to hold publication information. Based on examples on >>> Contextgarden and this list, I think my code below is correct. >>> However, the first page formatting is continued on all pages of the >>> document. The effect is the same when using \definelayout[first] and >>> \definelayout[1]. >> >> Is MkIV a option for you? The problem had been there for a while as well but >> now it’s fixed >> you can decide what ConTeXt should do after the first page. >> >> With the “state” you can control whether the layout at the second page >> should be switched >> back to the global layout with \definelayout[…][state=start] (this is the >> default setting) or >> it should remain with \definelayout[…][state=repeat]. >> >>> \definelayout >>> [first] >>> [width=middle, >>> backspace=15mm, >>> topspace=10mm, >>> height=254mm, >>> header=0mm, % no header >>> headerdistance=0mm, >>> footer=25mm, % big footer >>> footerdistance=5mm, >>> grid=yes] >> >> You have to set only what’s different from the global layout. >> >> \definelayout >> [first] >> [header=0mm, >> headerdistance=0mm, >> footer=25mm, >> footerdistance=5mm] >> >> Wolfgang >> ___________________________________________________________________________________ >> 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 >> ___________________________________________________________________________________ > > Wolfgang and Wagner, thank you for taking the time to respond to this. > > I am using MkIV. I just updated to the latest beta (I had been running > one beta behind). I was intentionally not using layout inheritance in > my \definelayout commands to eliminate the possibility of a problem in > the inheritance mechanism. > > Interaction with columnsets also seems to be part of the problem, as I > will try to explain. > > 1. In a layout with no columnset: \definelayout[first] creates a > unique layout for the first page and returns to the default layout on > page 2. BUT from page 3 onwards, the text does not go all the way to > the bottom of the text area (although \showframe indicates that the > text area is correct). A workaround is to add > \definelayout[current][...parameters that undo the first-page > parameters...]. > > 2. In a layout with a columnset > (\definecolumnset[body][n=2,balancing=yes]): use of > \definelayout[first] causes failure with the error message below. > Ignoring warnings and forcing Context to continue results in a pdf > with \showframe lines drawn correctly, but text not filling the whole > column height, as described previously. > > ################# > > ERROR MESSAGE: > > system > tex > error on line 70 in file J2-pagearea.tex: > Emergency stop ... > > 60 [footer] > 61 [footer] > 62 > 63 \starttext > 64 \showframe > 65 \showgrid > 66 > 67 > 68 \startcolumnset[body] > 69 > 70 >> \dorecurse{40}{\input tufte \par } > 71 > 72 %\input tufte \par > 73 > 74 \stopcolumnset > 75 > 76 \stoptext > 77 > > > \OTRSETdoifcellelse ...er #1:\number #2\endcsname > \@EA \secondoftwoarguments... > \@@ar@@3 ...ellelse {\mofcolumns }\columnlastcell > {\global \advance \columnl... > \redoloop ->\expandrecursecontent > \endofloop > <to be read again> > { > <inserted text> > 44 > \endofloop ...expr \recurselevel +\plusone \relax > } > ... > l.70 \dorecurse{40}{\input tufte \par } > > End of file on the terminal! > > ! ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced! > > -- > Peter Park Nelson > peter.park.nel...@gmail.com
-- Peter Park Nelson peter.park.nel...@gmail.com ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 ___________________________________________________________________________________