Command/definepapersize
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\definepapersize
Syntax (autogenerated)
\definepapersize[...][...=...,...] | |
[...] | name |
width | dimension |
height | dimension |
top | command |
bottom | command |
left | command |
right | command |
distance | dimension |
page | see \setuppapersize |
paper | see \setuppapersize |
\definepapersize[...][...,...][...,...] | |
[...] | name |
[...,...] | inherits from \setuppapersize |
[...,...] | inherits from \setuppapersize |
Syntax
\definepapersize[...][...,...=...,...] | |
[...] | name |
width | dimension : width of the new size |
height | dimension : height of the new size |
offset | dimension : FIXME what is this? |
scale | number : scale width and height by this much |
Description
Using this command we can define a paper size.
Example
% Create a paper that can accomodate 2x4 squares of 52x52mm % (A9 is 37x52mm, and we're placing it both portrait and landscape) \definepapersize[sheet][width=104mm,height=156mm] % We want 2x3 pages. \setuppaper[nx=2, ny=3, dx=0mm, dy=0mm] % must come before \setuparranging! \setuparranging[XY] % Create two A9-derived paper sizes \definepapersize[standing][A9] [sheet] \definepapersize[lying] [A9,landscape][sheet] \showframe \starttext \setuppapersize[standing] Page 1: standing pages from here on. \page Page 2. \page \setuppapersize[lying] Page 3: lying pages from here on. \page Page 4. \page \adaptpapersize[standing] Page 5: adapted to standing \page Page 6: automatically back to lying \page \stoptext
See also
- Document layout and layers/Paper setup
- \setuppapersize to start using a defined paper size.
- \adaptpapersize to make a single page a different defined size
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