Command/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
  

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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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