How to create a PDF with two A5 pages placed on A4-sized paper in ConTeXt?

Question

I am trying to create a PDF where the text is placed on pages of A5, but two A5 sheets are placed on one A4 sheet which is in landscape mode, e.g.:

 _______________
|       |       |
|       |       |
|   A5  |   A5  |
|       |       |
|_______|_______|

I have tried this, but it just places A5 pages on the left side of the A4 sheet, no pages appear on the right side:

\setuppapersize[A5][A4, landscape]
\setuparranging[2*1, doublesided]
\setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided]

related: http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/13055/four-smaller-pages-in-one-page — matth, Apr 26 '12 at 14:37
related: http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/783/is-there-a-way-to-get-two-pages-in-one-with-latex — matth, Apr 26 '12 at 14:37

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 26 '12 at 17:00

You can find information about imposition in the new chapter about page design. I used the option 2SIDE as follows:

\setuppapersize [A5] [A4, landscape]
\setuparranging [2SIDE]
\starttext
\switchtobodyfont [380pt]

\dorecurse{6}{%
    \midaligned{\recurselevel}
    \page}

\stoptext

How to create a PDF with two A5 pages placed on A4-sized paper in ConTeXt?

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