On 2/13/26 23:23, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote:
> Hi, my book is nearly finished, but it has one page too much.
> I could shorten one, but it doesn’t help, because the appendix insists
> to start on a right page (after an empty left page).
> […]
> How can I force my appendices to start on a left page? (No, page=left
> doesn’t help, it inserts another 2 pages.)
Hi Hraban,
as far as I can see, here are two things involved, the sectionblocks and
the chapter (which by default start on a right page).
The `page` key from `\setupsectionblock` seems to belong to what comes
after that section block (not before).
This is why `page=no` is required in `bodypart` (in `appendix` it avoids
adding an extra blank page at the end of the document).
`\setuphead[chapter]` needs to be `page=yes` (ideally, limited to the
`appendix` section block environment).
This works for me:
\setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided, page=,]
\setupsectionblock[bodypart][page=no]
\setupsectionblock[appendix][page=no]
\startsectionblockenvironment[appendix]
\setuphead[chapter][page=yes]
\stopsectionblockenvironment
\starttext
\startbodymatter
\startchapter[title=Body]
\input knuth
\stopchapter
\stopbodymatter
\startappendices
\startchapter[title=Appendix]
\blank[.25th]\input zapf
\stopchapter
\stopappendices
\stoptext
BTW, all credit goes to Wolfgang, since he explained this fix (or a very
similar solution) to a very similar issue I had years ago. (Of course, I
cannot recall the details right now, but he was the one that helped me
to solve the mess back then).
I really hope it helps to have a good book about ConTeXt,
Pablo
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