Command/testpage

Summary

The command \testpage inserts a page break if there is less than the specified amount of space left on the current page.

Settings

\testpage[...][...]
[...]	number
[...]	dimension

Description

To keep a run of text together, test the number of lines available on the current page using \testpage [n], where n is the number of lines required. If there are not n lines available, a page break will be inserted at the location of the \testpage command.

Examples

Example 1

\setuppapersize[A8][A7,landscape]
\setuplayout[width=3cm]
\setuppaper[nx=2]
\setuparranging[XY]

\showframe

\setuphead[section][before={\testpage[10]}]

\starttext
    \section[title={Section}]
    \startitemize
    \dorecurse{5}{ \startitem List item. \stopitem }
    \stopitemize

    \dorecurse{2}{
      \section[title={Section}]
      \startitemize
      \dorecurse{3}{ \startitem List item. \stopitem }
      \stopitemize
    }

\stoptext

Example 2

\setuppapersize[A8][A7,landscape]
\setuplayout[width=3cm]
\setuppaper[nx=2]
\setuparranging[XY]

\showframe

\setuphead[section][before={\testpage[][2.5cm]}]

\starttext
    \section[title={Section}]
    \startitemize
    \dorecurse{5}{ \startitem List item. \stopitem }
    \stopitemize

    \dorecurse{2}{
      \section[title={Section}]
      \startitemize
      \dorecurse{3}{ \startitem List item. \stopitem }
      \stopitemize
    }

\stoptext

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