From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/39375 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Bart Wise Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Background color spaning columns. Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2008 16:28:21 -0700 Message-ID: <200803031628.22510.bntgcontext@wiseguysweb.com> References: <200803031320.22666.bntgcontext@wiseguysweb.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 1204586993 7034 80.91.229.12 (3 Mar 2008 23:29:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2008 23:29:53 +0000 (UTC) To: ntg-context@ntg.nl Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Tue Mar 04 00:30:18 2008 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 1JWK6s-0000LI-08 for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Tue, 04 Mar 2008 00:30:18 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id BDE651FB8F; Tue, 4 Mar 2008 00:29:44 +0100 (CET) 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 19380-02-3; Tue, 4 Mar 2008 00:29:04 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 76B501FB39; Tue, 4 Mar 2008 00:29:04 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA2B41FB1F for ; Tue, 4 Mar 2008 00:29:02 +0100 (CET) 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 19435-01-2 for ; Tue, 4 Mar 2008 00:28:27 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from out02.mta.xmission.com (out02.mta.xmission.com [166.70.13.232]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C6011FB39 for ; Tue, 4 Mar 2008 00:28:27 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from [166.70.13.201] (helo=mgr1.xmission.com) by out02.mta.xmission.com with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1JWK5A-0002sg-Jn; Mon, 03 Mar 2008 16:28:32 -0700 Original-Received: from bwise1.provo.novell.com ([137.65.171.141] helo=bwise1) by mgr1.xmission.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.50) id 1JWK53-0008Tb-3h; Mon, 03 Mar 2008 16:28:25 -0700 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.6 (enterprise 0.20070907.709405) In-Reply-To: Content-Disposition: inline Received-SPF: none (mgr1.xmission.com: 137.65.171.141 is neither permitted nor denied by domain of wiseguysweb.com) client-ip=137.65.171.141; envelope-from=bntgcontext@wiseguysweb.com; helo=bwise1; X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 137.65.171.141 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: bntgcontext@wiseguysweb.com X-Spam-DCC: XMission; sa04 1397; Body=1 Fuz1=1 Fuz2=1 X-SA-Exim-Version: 4.2 (built Thu, 03 Mar 2005 10:44:12 +0100) X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes (on mgr1.xmission.com) 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:39375 Archived-At: Thanks for the insight. I'll give it a try with columnsets. Bart On Monday March 3 2008, Aditya Mahajan wrote: > On Mon, 3 Mar 2008, Bart Wise wrote: > > I am trying change the background color of some text. It works fine if I > > am using one column. It also works fine if I am using multiple columns, > > but restricting my background color changes to only a single line of text > > in a column. > > I have encountered this problem in the past. This is a limitations of the > simple column mechanism. > > > However, if I have a section that I want to I change, and that section > > spans more than one line in a given column it does not work. What > > happens is that the background starts to change where you have indicated; > > however, instead of stopping at the end of the column, the background > > color changes for the entire text. See the subject entitled "Problem 1" > > below for an example. Is there a fix for this (and no, using a single > > column is not a solution.) > > Use columnsets. They are not as easy and simple as columns, but they > provide a lot more features. See the columnset manual for details about > using them. > > Aditya > ___________________________________________________________________________ >________ 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 > ___________________________________________________________________________ >________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 ___________________________________________________________________________________