[NTG-context] ask for help on balancing columnset

[NTG-context] ask for help on balancing columnset

[wangzhongtian]

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[NTG-context] Re: ask for help on balancing columnset

[Henning Hraban Ramm]

Am 17.04.25 um 12:29 schrieb wangzhongtian:
> I have a question about the balancing of columnset.the bolow code can't 
> generate the balanced column in the last page as expected,all the text 
> is gathered in the left column of last page.

AFAIK column sets can’t be balanced, only regular old columns.

See p.10 of the columnsets manual: you can only do manual balancing.


Hraban
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[NTG-context] Re: ask for help on balancing columnset

[Mikael Sundqvist]

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Hi,

with the new mechanism, it is possible with subcolumnsets. This is
still a bit experimental. I attach an example that you can play with.

/Mikael

On Thu, Apr 17, 2025 at 12:59 PM Henning Hraban Ramm <texml@fiee.net> wrote:
>
> Am 17.04.25 um 12:29 schrieb wangzhongtian:
> > I have a question about the balancing of columnset.the bolow code can't
> > generate the balanced column in the last page as expected,all the text
> > is gathered in the left column of last page.
>
> AFAIK column sets can’t be balanced, only regular old columns.
>
> See p.10 of the columnsets manual: you can only do manual balancing.
>
>
> Hraban
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% use improved vectors
\definefontfeature
  [default]
  [default]
  [expansion=quality,
   protrusion=quality]

% this fits well the grid
\setupinterlinespace[top=height]
\setupbodyfont[pagella,9pt]

% a parpass setup
\newinteger\parpassdefaultone
\parpassdefaultone\parpassidentifier{test}

% setup parpasses
\startsetups align:pass:test
    \parpasses  5
        identifier           \parpassdefaultone
        tolerance            100
        adjustspacing          0
        emergencyfactor        0
        hyphenation            0
        mathpenaltyfactor  20000
        orphanlinefactors   4 100 250 500 1000
        toddlerpenalties    1 options 2 200 50
    next
        tolerance            200
        adjustspacing          3
        adjustspacingstep      1
        adjustspacingshrink    5
        adjustspacingstretch  10
    next
        tolerance            300
        adjustspacing          0
    next
        tolerance            200
        adjustspacing          3
        adjustspacingshrink   20
        adjustspacingstretch  40
    next
        tolerance            400
        hyphenation            1
        extrahyphenpenalty   200
        adjustspacing          3
        adjustspacingshrink   30
        adjustspacingstretch  60
        emergencystretch       1\bodyfontsize
        emergencyfactor     1000
        mathpenaltyfactor   1000
     \relax
\stopsetups

\setupalignpass[test]

% possible that these could be different
\startsetups balance:example
  \balancetopskip \strutht
  \balancebottomskip \strutdp
  \balanceemergencystretch 0pt
  \balanceemergencyshrink 0pt
  \balanceadjdemerits 0
  \balancetolerance 10
  \balancelineheight \lineheight
\stopsetups

\definecolumnset
  [example]
  [n=2,
   limit=6,
   setups=balance:example,
   align={defaultwidows,defaultclubs,defaultbroken}]

\definesubcolumnset[e] %[1,2,3,4]% default

\starttext

\startcolumnset [example]

\startsubcolumnset[e]

\dorecurse {10}{\input tufte \par}

\stopsubcolumnset

% just flushing, no balancing
\flushsubcolumnsets

\startsubcolumnset[e]

\red \dorecurse {7}{\input tufte \par}

\stopsubcolumnset

% here we do balancing
\balancesubcolumnsets

\stopcolumnset

\stoptext

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