From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/40774 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Wolfgang Schuster" Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: columns and \definemakeup Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:40:59 +0200 Message-ID: <115224fb0804290440r4de3ace9s4c5b5f2fee372e59@mail.gmail.com> References: <87lk2xnd6w.fsf@googlemail.com> <115224fb0804290432u47e4665alf7a5b21d9116c7a2@mail.gmail.com> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1209469377 24184 80.91.229.12 (29 Apr 2008 11:42:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:42:57 +0000 (UTC) To: "mailing list for ConTeXt users" Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Tue Apr 29 13:43:33 2008 connect(): Connection refused Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JqoF4-0006FP-Tr for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:43:26 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 647C31FBAC; Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:42:39 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 12512-01-7; Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:41:55 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 063391FC24; Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:41:53 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id CAA591FBAC for ; Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:41:48 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 12443-02-5 for ; Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:41:10 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from yw-out-1718.google.com (yw-out-1718.google.com [74.125.46.155]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 40C131FC36 for ; Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:41:04 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: by yw-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id 5so915680ywm.74 for ; Tue, 29 Apr 2008 04:40:59 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.150.229.1 with SMTP id b1mr4875143ybh.249.1209469259853; Tue, 29 Apr 2008 04:40:59 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.151.113.9 with HTTP; Tue, 29 Apr 2008 04:40:59 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <115224fb0804290432u47e4665alf7a5b21d9116c7a2@mail.gmail.com> Content-Disposition: inline X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:40774 Archived-At: On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 1:32 PM, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 12:54 PM, Suno Ano wrote: > > Hi Folks! > > > > I am in the curse of setting up the environment plus a project structure > > for a book. My problem is with a few pages like for example colofon > > where I used > > > > ,----[ content from comp_colophon.tex ] > > | \startcomponent comp_colophon > > | \product prod_back_matter > > | \project proj_a_book > > | > > | \startstandardmakeup[doublesided=no, page=right] > > | > > | \startalignment[flushleft] > > | \ssd Colophon\par > > | \blank[1mm] > > | \ssa \title\par > > | \stopalignment > > | > > | \hairline > > | > > | \stopstandardmakeup > > | > > | % ------- > > | > > | \startstandardmakeup[doublesided=no, page=left] > > | \stopstandardmakeup > > | > > | > > | \stopcomponent > > `---- > > > > Now I want the text to be in columns -- two that is ... However, I tried > > with > > > > ,---- > > | \startcolumns[n=2] > > | > > | \stopcolumns > > `---- > > > > and > > > > ,---- > > | \definecolumnset[example][n=2] > > | > > | \starttext > > | \startcolumnset[example] > > | \dorecurse{15}{\fakewords{100}{200}\par} > > | \stopcolumnset > > | \stoptext > > `---- > > > > but I just get one column in both cases. Can anyone tell me how I would > > for example use \definemakeup in order to get exactly what > > \startstandardmakeup and \stopstandardmakeup provides me with PLUS the > > text gets typeset into two columns? Maybe if it is not possible with > > \definemakeup what else could I do? Tia! > > Try this: > > \starttext > \startstandardmakeup > \startsimplecolumns > \dorecurse{3}{\input knuth\par} > \stopsimplecolumns > \stopstandardmakeup > \stoptext Alternative solution: \definelayout [titlepage] [header=0pt, footer=0pt, backspace=4cm, width=12cm] \definestartstop [titlepage] [before={\setuplayout[titlepage]}, after={\page[right]\setuplayout[reset]}] \starttext \starttitlepage \startcolumns \dorecurse{3}{\input knuth\par} \stopcolumns \stoptitlepage \input knuth \stoptext Wolfgang ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________