%output=pdf \startbuffer[setups] \setupcolors[state=start] \setupbodyfont[10pt] \setuplayout[bottom=1cm]% just to test it \setupbackgrounds [page] [background=page] \defineoverlay[page][\reuseMPgraphic{page}] \setupheadertexts[left head][right head] \setupfootertexts[left foot][right foot] \stopbuffer \startbuffer[areas] \startreusableMPgraphic{page} StartPage; path p; fill Page withcolor .95white; % backspace and topspace p:= ulcorner Page -- llcorner Page -- llcorner Page shifted (BackSpace,0) -- ulcorner Page shifted (BackSpace,0) -- cycle; fill p withcolor transparent(1,0.5,green); p:= ulcorner Page -- urcorner Page -- urcorner Page shifted (0,-TopSpace) -- ulcorner Page shifted (0,-TopSpace) -- cycle; fill p withcolor transparent(1,0.5,blue); % a red bottom... p:= (Hstep[LeftEdge], Vstep[Bottom]) -- (Hstep[RightEdge],Vstep[Bottom]) -- (Hstep[RightEdge],Vstep[Bottom]+Vsize[Bottom]) -- (Hstep[LeftEdge], Vstep[Bottom]+Vsize[Bottom]) -- cycle; fill p withcolor transparent(1,0.5,red); % leftmargin and rightmargin p:= (Hstep[LeftMargin], Vstep[Text])-- (Hstep[LeftMargin] + Hsize[LeftMargin],Vstep[Text]) -- (Hstep[LeftMargin] + Hsize[LeftMargin],Vstep[Text]+Vsize[Text])-- (Hstep[LeftMargin], Vstep[Text]+Vsize[Text])-- cycle; draw p withpen pencircle scaled .5mm withcolor blue dashed evenly; p:= (Hstep[RightMargin], Vstep[Text])-- (Hstep[RightMargin] + Hsize[RightMargin],Vstep[Text]) -- (Hstep[RightMargin] + Hsize[RightMargin],Vstep[Text]+Vsize[Text])-- (Hstep[RightMargin], Vstep[Text]+Vsize[Text])-- cycle; draw p withpen pencircle scaled .5mm withcolor blue dashed evenly; % let's draw the header (notice that Vsize[Header] and HeaderHeight % are the same!) p:= (BackSpace, Vstep[Header]) -- (BackSpace+MakeupWidth, Vstep[Header]) -- (BackSpace+MakeupWidth, Vstep[Header]+Vsize[Header]) -- (BackSpace, Vstep[Header]+HeaderHeight) -- cycle ; draw p withpen pencircle scaled .5mm withcolor blue dashed evenly; % and now for the footer p:= (BackSpace, Vstep[Footer]) -- (BackSpace+MakeupWidth, Vstep[Footer]) -- (BackSpace+MakeupWidth, Vstep[Footer]+FooterHeight) -- (BackSpace, Vstep[Footer]+FooterHeight) -- cycle ; draw p withpen pencircle scaled .5mm withcolor blue dashed evenly; % And now for something completely different :) drawoptions (withcolor transparent (1,0.9,yellow) withpen pencircle scaled .3mm); draw Field [Text][Top]; draw Field [Text][Header]; draw Field [Text][Text]; draw Field [Text][Footer]; % Field[][] = Area[][] shifted Location[][] draw Area [Text][Bottom] shifted Location [Text][Bottom]; % needed, since LeftMargin+LeftMarginDistance > BackSpace setbounds currentpicture to boundingbox Page; \stopreusableMPgraphic \stopbuffer \getbuffer[setups,areas] \starttext This document is an example on how to access the different layout areas within the [page] background. It is too late now, but I should have warned you about the excessive color usage. \startlinenumbering \typebuffer[setups] \typebuffer[areas] \stoplinenumbering \page These are the parameters you can use inside the \METAPOST-sections \startcolumns[n=4] \startlines PageNumber PaperHeight PaperWidth PrintPaperHeight PrintPaperWidth TopSpace BottomSpace BackSpace CutSpace MakeupHeight MakeupWidth TopHeight TopDistance HeaderHeight HeaderDistance TextHeight FooterDistance FooterHeight BottomDistance BottomHeight LeftEdgeWidth LeftEdgeDistance LeftMarginWidth LeftMarginDistance TextWidth RightMarginDistance RightMarginWidth RightEdgeDistance RightEdgeWidth PageOffset PageDepth \stoplines \stopcolumns \blank[2*big] With the pair {\it Location} and the paths {\it Area} and {\it Field}, you can use these array indexes (see the example above): \starttabulate[|l|l|] \HR \NC Horizontal \NC Vertical \NC\NR \HR \NC LeftEdge \NC Top \NC\NR \NC LeftEdgeSeparator \NC TopSeparator \NC\NR \NC LeftMargin \NC Header \NC\NR \NC LeftMarginSeparator \NC HeaderSeparator \NC\NR \NC Text \NC Text \NC\NR \NC RightMarginSeparator\NC FooterSeparator \NC\NR \NC RightMargin \NC Footer \NC\NR \NC RightEdgeSeparator \NC BottomSeparator \NC\NR \NC RightEdge \NC Bottom \NC\NR \HR \stoptabulate There are also the {\it Hsize}, {\it Hstep}, {\it Vsize} and {\it Vstep} arrays. They take these the same parameters as given in the table above. (Obviously the {\it Hsize} and {\it Hstep} arrays take horizontal parameters and the {\it Vsize} and {\it Vstep} arrays the vertical.) To use all these, you should not forget to initialize the variables with the StartPage \METAFUN\ macro! This will also give you a path {\it Page} with the page outline! %\showsetups \blank[3*big] Info: March 2003 Patrick Gundlach. See also section {\it Crossing Borders} in the Metafun manual in chapter {\it Page backgrounds} by Hans Hagen. \stoptext \endinput % Old stuff %% \setupbackgrounds %% [bottom] %% [leftedge,leftmargin,text,rightmargin,rightedge] %% [background=justaframe] %% \defineoverlay[justaframe][\useMPgraphic{justaframe}] %% \startbuffer[frames] %% \startuseMPgraphic{justaframe} %% draw OverlayBox withpen pencircle scaled .5mm dashed evenly %% withcolor transparent (1,0.5,black); %% \stopuseMPgraphic %% \stopbuffer %% \starttabulate[|l|l|] %% \HR %% \NC Vsize, Vstep \NC Hsize, Hstep \NC\NR %% \HR %% \NC Top \NC LeftEdge \NC\NR %% \NC TopSeparator \NC LeftEdgeSeparator \NC\NR %% \NC Header \NC LeftMargin \NC\NR %% \NC HeaderSeparator\NC LeftMarginSeparator \NC\NR %% \NC Text \NC Text \NC\NR %% \NC FooterSeparator\NC RightMargin \NC\NR %% \NC Footer \NC RightMarginSeparator\NC\NR %% \NC BottomSeparator\NC RightEdge \NC\NR %% \NC Bottom \NC RightEdgeSeparator \NC\NR %% \HR %% \stoptabulate %%% Local Variables: %%% mode: context %%% TeX-master: t %%% End: