Command/definelayer

\definelayer

Syntax (autogenerated)

\definelayer[...][...][...=...,...]
[...]	name
[...]	name
...=...,...	inherits from \setuplayer

inherits from

\setuplayer[...,...][...=...,...]
[...,...]	name
state	start stop continue next repeat
option	test
page	number
width	dimension
height	dimension
region	name
rotation	left right inner outer number
position	yes no overlay
hoffset	max dimension
voffset	max dimension
offset	dimension
dx	dimension
dy	dimension
sx	number
sy	number
x	dimension
y	dimension
corner	left middle right top bottom
location	grid left middle right top bottom line l c r m t b g
line	number
column	number
direction	normal reverse
doublesided	yes no
method	fit overlay
repeat	yes
preset	lefttop righttop leftbottom rightbottom middle middletop middlebottom middleleft middleright lefttopleft lefttopright name

Description

Define a new layer for absolute placement of elements.

See also

• Document layout and layers/Layers
• \setuplayer
• \setlayer
• \setlayerframed

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