On Thu, 2020-11-05 at 11:28 +0100, Sylvain Hubert wrote: > Dear List, > > \starttext \showframe \showsetups \stoptext > > This minimal example without further configuration shows that the default > value for backspace, textwidth and paperwidth are 2.5cm, 15cm, 21cm resp., > which means that the textarea is horizontally 0.5cm off the center by default, > and one can indeed see a clear extra margin on the right side. > > This seems weird but I'm no expert of typesetting, so does anyone know why it > has been set like that?
%D The default dimensions are quite old and will not change. The funny fractions %D were introduced when we went from fixed dimensions to relative ones. Since %D \CONTEXT\ is a dutch package, the dimensions are based on the metric system. The %D asymmetrical layout is kind of handy for short quick||and||dirty stapled %D documents. https://github.com/contextgarden/context-mirror/blob/343fdd99ef79884fca1f86b49c950e03939aeedf/tex/context/base/mkiv/page-lay.mkiv#L1373-L1377 > > Thanks. > > Best, > Sylvain > ______________________________________________________________________________ > _____ > 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://context.aanhet.net > archive : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ > 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://context.aanhet.net archive : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________
