Re: [NTG-context] \setupheadertexts \setupfootertexts

On 8/2/2019 11:59 PM, Alan Braslau wrote:

On Fri, 2 Aug 2019 23:36:47 +0200 Wolfgang Schuster wrote:

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we have a lot or areas ... and if you really want you can do this ...

\setuplayouttext

Has been there for ages ... (but I never use that method).

I has the same question a few years ago but I never used it because it has a few limitations like missing style/color support.

I am looking for a simple and obvious way of setting header and footer texts. The \setupheadertexts has limitations and I view this as historical, for ConTeXt commands have evolved over time usually towards better solutions, even if we leave in place for reasons of backward compatibility habits that can be hard to quit.

What limitations? \foo[{sometext}] is not that different from \foo[text={sometext}] and often I do \setupheadertexts[\setups[header}] \startsetups lots of stuff \stopsetups because you don't want to add all kind of stuff in a value.

One example is \setuppapersize [page=letter,paper=letter] (sorry, and I *do* much prefer A4). This is, I believe, far superior to \setuppapersize [letter] [letter]

A matter of taste but we're not going to drop something ... that kind of compatibility has always been a principle. If one has few docs it's no problem to adapt a few styles but it's a no go otherwise (and I'm not even speaking of adapting all kind of manuals, examples, etc etc.) And for most of those commands there are k/v varianst too. (\setuppapersize actually takes lists as page setups can be more complex than just 'letter') (But I'm willing to remove the command that I know you hate most, namely { {foo} \over {bar} }.)

Do you find that keys in \setupheader make sense? If so, what choice? (as we like to limit the proliferation of key names). \setupheader is used for styling and such, not for content.

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