On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 11:34 AM, Mari Voipio <mari.voi...@iki.fi> wrote: > Hello! > > I'm trying to place dynamic content on a layer and now it turns out > that while getting a different pic every time is easy, getting the > layers redrawn wasn't that simple. The wiki has this code: > > \definelayer > [pagenumber] > [width=\paperwidth, > height=\paperheight, > preset=middle, > state=repeat] > > \setlayer[pagenumber]{Page \pagenumber} > > \setupbackgrounds[page][background=pagenumber] > > \starttext > \dorecurse{4}{\page[empty]} > \stoptext > > > > AFAIK, that should be a complete minimal sample. Unfortunately it > doesn't seem to work, at least my ConTeXt MkIV of February 8 only > gives "Page 1" on every one of those 4 pages... right, it's ok > > > How to fix this? Preferably on the "Dummies" level, I'd prefer not to > see the bowels of my ConTeXt, if I can avoid it. going on on http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Layers you see
\definelayer [pagenumber] [width=\paperwidth, height=\paperheight, preset=middle] \startsetups layer \setlayer[pagenumber]{Page \pagenumber} \stopsetups \setupbackgrounds[page][setups=layer,background=pagenumber] \starttext \dorecurse{4}{\page[empty]} \stoptext Is that what you want ? -- luigi ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 ___________________________________________________________________________________