* Marginal notes in two-column setup
@ 2003-07-18 10:07 Gerben Wierda
2003-07-20 11:12 ` Willi Egger
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From: Gerben Wierda @ 2003-07-18 10:07 UTC (permalink / raw)
Sorry for another newbie question (I am trying to learn ConTeXt and
cannot always find what I want in the manual which I have permanently
open)
I would like to do the following:
Have a two column text with the marginal notes from the left column
appear on the left and the ones from the right column on the right.
When I use 2-columns and I use \inmargin, I get them on the right where
the marginal notes from the left column are on top of the right column
(not good)
Is there a way to do this? Probably yes with something \if-like?
G
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* Re: Marginal notes in two-column setup
2003-07-18 10:07 Marginal notes in two-column setup Gerben Wierda
@ 2003-07-20 11:12 ` Willi Egger
2003-07-20 19:55 ` Gerben Wierda
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From: Willi Egger @ 2003-07-20 11:12 UTC (permalink / raw)
Hi Gerben,
>
> Have a two column text with the marginal notes from the left column
> appear on the left and the ones from the right column on the right.
> When I use 2-columns and I use \inmargin, I get them on the right where
> the marginal notes from the left column are on top of the right column
> (not good)
>
> Is there a way to do this? Probably yes with something \if-like?
After sttudying the sources and a bunch of trial and errors I can come up
with the following solution which works for a two solumns set!
\definecolumnset[example][n=2]
\define[1]\MargText{%
\ifodd\mofcolumns{%
\inleft{#1}}
\else
{\inright{#1}}\fi}
\starttext
\startcolumnset[example]
\MargText{Here left of column}
\input tufte
\column[local]
\input tufte
\MargText{\ifodd\mofcolumns{Hello!, still left of column}\else {Hello, now
right of column}\fi}
\stopcolumnset
\stoptext
I believe that Hans will make a generic solution...
Kind regards Willi
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* Re: Marginal notes in two-column setup
2003-07-20 11:12 ` Willi Egger
@ 2003-07-20 19:55 ` Gerben Wierda
2003-07-21 7:17 ` Willi Egger
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From: Gerben Wierda @ 2003-07-20 19:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
> After sttudying the sources and a bunch of trial and errors I can come
> up
> with the following solution which works for a two solumns set!
Great. This works. Now for something different. While learning ConTeXt,
I find that often the syntax escapes me. Take for instance:
> \definecolumnset[example][n=2]
>
> \define[1]\MargText{%
> \ifodd\mofcolumns{%
> \inleft{#1}}
> \else
> {\inright{#1}}\fi}
>
> \starttext
> \startcolumnset[example]
>
> \MargText{Here left of column}
>
> \input tufte
>
> \column[local]
What does [local] mean here? According the the manual one should say
\column and I can't find the explanation of what local means or what
you are doing here.
> \input tufte
>
> \MargText{\ifodd\mofcolumns{Hello!, still left of column}\else {Hello,
> now
> right of column}\fi}
>
> \stopcolumnset
> \stoptext
>
> I believe that Hans will make a generic solution...
G
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* Re: Marginal notes in two-column setup
2003-07-20 19:55 ` Gerben Wierda
@ 2003-07-21 7:17 ` Willi Egger
2003-07-21 20:34 ` Gerben Wierda
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From: Willi Egger @ 2003-07-21 7:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
> > After sttudying the sources and a bunch of trial and errors I can come
> > up
> > with the following solution which works for a two solumns set!
>
> Great. This works. Now for something different. While learning ConTeXt,
> I find that often the syntax escapes me. Take for instance:
>
> > \definecolumnset[example][n=2]
> >
> > \define[1]\MargText{%
> > \ifodd\mofcolumns{%
> > \inleft{#1}}
> > \else
> > {\inright{#1}}\fi}
> >
> > \starttext
> > \startcolumnset[example]
> >
> > \MargText{Here left of column}
> >
> > \input tufte
> >
> > \column[local]
>
> What does [local] mean here? According the the manual one should say
> \column and I can't find the explanation of what local means or what
> you are doing here.
The example definition of a columnset presented above is copied from the
manual "Columns". - Often commands take optional arguments. Porbably this
would also work without the [local].
Willi
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* Re: Marginal notes in two-column setup
2003-07-21 7:17 ` Willi Egger
@ 2003-07-21 20:34 ` Gerben Wierda
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From: Gerben Wierda @ 2003-07-21 20:34 UTC (permalink / raw)
On Monday, Jul 21, 2003, at 09:17 Europe/Amsterdam, Willi Egger wrote:
> The example definition of a columnset presented above is copied from
> the
> manual "Columns".
I mirrored Hans' site with wget but the colums manual is missing. Where
can I find it?
G
--
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* RE: Marginal notes in two-column setup
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@ 2003-07-24 6:36 ` Héctor M. Monacci
2003-07-24 17:34 ` Johannes Hüsing
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From: Héctor M. Monacci @ 2003-07-24 6:36 UTC (permalink / raw)
It was excesive for me!
Héctor
> -----Mensaje original-----
> De: Willi Egger [mailto:w.egger@boede.nl]
> Enviado el: martes 22 de julio de 2003 14:28
> Para: ntg-context@ntg.nl
> Asunto: Re: [NTG-context] Marginal notes in
> two-column setup
>
>
> Hi Gerben,
>
> Hm, was looking for the file at the pragma site.
> -- May be it was a
> preliminar release, which was then placed in a
> temporary directrory.
>
> I hop you will not find it excessive the file is 2.5MByte
>
> regards Willi
>
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* Re: Marginal notes in two-column setup
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2003-07-24 6:36 ` Héctor M. Monacci
@ 2003-07-24 17:34 ` Johannes Hüsing
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From: Johannes Hüsing @ 2003-07-24 17:34 UTC (permalink / raw)
Willi Egger <w.egger@boede.nl> [Tue, Jul 22, 2003 at 02:27:58PM CEST]:
> Hi Gerben,
>
> Hm, was looking for the file at the pragma site. -- May be it was a
> preliminar release, which was then placed in a temporary directrory.
>
> I hop you will not find it excessive the file is 2.5MByte
>
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hannes@ruhrau.de such wholesale returns of conjecture from such a
trifling investment of fact. Mark Twain
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