if not modules then modules = { } end modules ['page-blk'] = {
    version   = 1.001,
    comment   = "companion to page-blk.mkiv",
    author    = "Hans Hagen, PRAGMA-ADE, Hasselt NL",
    copyright = "PRAGMA ADE / ConTeXt Development Team",
    license   = "see context related readme files"
}

local context     = context
local implement   = interfaces.implement
local texgetcount = tex.getcount

local c_realpageno = tex.iscount("realpageno")

local blocks = { }
local block  = false

implement {
    name      = "startpageblock",
    arguments = "string",
    actions   = function(s)
        local p = texgetcount(c_realpageno)
        block = { p, p }
        blocks[s] = block
    end,
}

implement {
    name    = "stoppageblock",
    actions = function()
        local p = texgetcount(c_realpageno) - 1
        block[2] = p
    end,
}

implement {
    name      = "pageblockrealpage",
    arguments = "string",
    actions   = function(name)
        local b = blocks[name]
        context(b and b[1] or 0)
    end,
}

implement {
    name      = "flushpageblocks",
    arguments = "string",
    actions   = function(list)
        local count = 0
        local order = utilities.parsers.settings_to_array(list)
        local pages = { }
        for i=1,#order do
            local name  = order[i]
            local block = blocks[name]
            if block then
                for i=block[1],block[2] do
                    count = count + 1
                    pages[count] = i
                end
            end
        end
     -- if count ~= nofpages then
     -- end
     -- inspect(blocks)
     -- inspect(pages)
        if lpdf.setpageorder then
            lpdf.setpageorder(pages) -- ,count)
        end
    end
}

-- maybe intercept nesting with error

local currentpreroll = false
local prerolled = { }

implement {
    name      = "startprerollpageblock",
    arguments = "string",
    actions   = function(name)
        currentrealpage = texgetcount(c_realpageno)
        currentpreroll  = name
    end
}

implement {
    name    = "stopprerollpageblock",
    actions = function()
        prerolled[currentpreroll] = texgetcount(c_realpageno) - currentrealpage
        currentpreroll = false
    end
}

implement {
    name      = "prerolledpages",
    arguments = "string",
    actions   = function(name)
        context(prerolled[name] or 0)
    end
}