\startcomponent ma-cb-en-textbackgrounds

\product ma-cb-en

\chapter{Background text}

\index{background+text}

\Command{\tex{setupbackground}}
\Command{\tex{startbackground}}

To emphasize a section you can use backgrounds. A
background is set with the command pair:

\shortsetup{startbackground}

An example can illustrate the use:

\startbuffer
\setupbackground[background=screen,corner=round]

\startbackground
Hasselt has produced a number of well known people. Only recently
it turned out that Kilian van Rensselaer played a prominent role
in the foundation of the State of New York.
\stopbackground
\stopbuffer

\typebuffer

This would be displayed as:

\getbuffer

Backgrounds can span multiple pages. With:

\shortsetup{setupbackground}

you can vary the display of the backgrounds.

\stopcomponent
