Problem with \columnsetspan

Problem with \columnsetspan

[Marcin Borkowski]

Hello,

I tried columnsets today, and the following minimal example shows that
something is wrong with columnsetspans (which I wanted to use to make a
title).

\definecolumnset[main][n=2]
\definecolumnsetspan[title][n=2]

\starttext
\startcolumnset[main]

\startcolumnsetspan[title]
  \input knuth
\stopcolumnsetspan
\dorecurse{10}{\input knuth}

\stopcolumnset

\stoptext

Is it a bug or am I doing something wrong?

BTW: is there a better way to have a title centered on the top of the
page and then text in columnsets?

Regards,

-- 
Marcin Borkowski
http://mbork.pl

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Re: Problem with \columnsetspan

[Marcin Borkowski]

Dnia 2011-09-20, o godz. 09:13:47
Marcin Borkowski <mbork@wmi.amu.edu.pl> napisał(a):

> Hello,
> 
> I tried columnsets today, and the following minimal example shows that
> something is wrong with columnsetspans (which I wanted to use to make
> a title).
> 
> \definecolumnset[main][n=2]
> \definecolumnsetspan[title][n=2]
> 
> \starttext
> \startcolumnset[main]
> 
> \startcolumnsetspan[title]
>   \input knuth
> \stopcolumnsetspan
> \dorecurse{10}{\input knuth}
> 
> \stopcolumnset
> 
> \stoptext
> 
> Is it a bug or am I doing something wrong?

Update: it works fine in MkII, so I am afraid that it might be a bug.

> 
> BTW: is there a better way to have a title centered on the top of the
> page and then text in columnsets?
> 
> Regards,
> 


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Marcin Borkowski
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Re: Problem with \columnsetspan

[Marcin Borkowski]

Please help, anybody...?

Dnia 2011-09-20, o godz. 21:27:52
Marcin Borkowski <mbork@wmi.amu.edu.pl> napisał(a):

> Dnia 2011-09-20, o godz. 09:13:47
> Marcin Borkowski <mbork@wmi.amu.edu.pl> napisał(a):
> 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I tried columnsets today, and the following minimal example shows
> > that something is wrong with columnsetspans (which I wanted to use
> > to make a title).
> > 
> > \definecolumnset[main][n=2]
> > \definecolumnsetspan[title][n=2]
> > 
> > \starttext
> > \startcolumnset[main]
> > 
> > \startcolumnsetspan[title]
> >   \input knuth
> > \stopcolumnsetspan
> > \dorecurse{10}{\input knuth}
> > 
> > \stopcolumnset
> > 
> > \stoptext
> > 
> > Is it a bug or am I doing something wrong?
> 
> Update: it works fine in MkII, so I am afraid that it might be a bug.
> 
> > 
> > BTW: is there a better way to have a title centered on the top of
> > the page and then text in columnsets?
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> 
> 


-- 
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Re: Problem with \columnsetspan

[Marcin Borkowski]

Hello,

now that the ConTeXt meetting is over, I hope that someone looks into
this issue (note: I don't want to be rude or ironic or anything-I really
do appreciate you all helping us, poor users, on this list; but this
seems to be a bug in MkIV, so I hope it gets resolved somehow!)

Best,
Marcin

PS. As I wrote earlier, it works in MkII; in MkIV, instead of the span,
I get "cs:title][none] Thus, I came to the conclusion that the designer
of a new system must not only be the..." in a frame, in one line (with
most of it disappearing to the right), spanning the columns.



Dnia 2011-09-20, wto o godzinie 21:27 +0200, Marcin Borkowski pisze:
> Dnia 2011-09-20, o godz. 09:13:47
> Marcin Borkowski <mbork@wmi.amu.edu.pl> napisał(a):
> 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I tried columnsets today, and the following minimal example shows that
> > something is wrong with columnsetspans (which I wanted to use to make
> > a title).
> > 
> > \definecolumnset[main][n=2]
> > \definecolumnsetspan[title][n=2]
> > 
> > \starttext
> > \startcolumnset[main]
> > 
> > \startcolumnsetspan[title]
> >   \input knuth
> > \stopcolumnsetspan
> > \dorecurse{10}{\input knuth}
> > 
> > \stopcolumnset
> > 
> > \stoptext
> > 
> > Is it a bug or am I doing something wrong?
> 
> Update: it works fine in MkII, so I am afraid that it might be a bug.
> 
> > 
> > BTW: is there a better way to have a title centered on the top of the
> > page and then text in columnsets?
> > 

-- 
Marcin Borkowski
http://mbork.pl

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Re: Problem with \columnsetspan

[Hans Hagen]

On 27-9-2011 15:26, Marcin Borkowski wrote:
> Hello,
>
> now that the ConTeXt meetting is over, I hope that someone looks into
> this issue (note: I don't want to be rude or ironic or anything-I really
> do appreciate you all helping us, poor users, on this list; but this
> seems to be a bug in MkIV, so I hope it gets resolved somehow!)

fixed in next beta

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Re: Problem with \columnsetspan

[Marcin Borkowski]

Dnia 2011-09-27, o godz. 20:05:14
Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl> napisał(a):

> On 27-9-2011 15:26, Marcin Borkowski wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > now that the ConTeXt meetting is over, I hope that someone looks
> > into this issue (note: I don't want to be rude or ironic or
> > anything-I really do appreciate you all helping us, poor users, on
> > this list; but this seems to be a bug in MkIV, so I hope it gets
> > resolved somehow!)
> 
> fixed in next beta

Wow, that was quick, thanks!

Now the remaining problem is: when and where is this beta going to be
available?  (I don't need it very soon, but am just curious-last
release notes on contextgarden are from May, I guess.)

Best,

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problem with columnsetspan

[Gordon Parrott]

Hi All,

I wonder if you can help:

I have been having a problem with \startcolumnsetspan when I was trying to create a magazine layout for a Uk psychodrama organisation.

Out of curiosity ( and in the hope i might learn something) i turned on tracing for a short example that gives the problem





here is the source of the test.

\setuppapersize[A4][A4]
\definecolumnset[columntest][n=3]%
\definecolumnsetspan[wide][n=2]%
\starttext
\startcolumnset[columntest]
\input knuth
\tracingall
\startcolumnsetspan[wide]
\dorecurse{3}{\input knuth\par}
\stopcolumnsetspan
\dorecurse{10}{\input knuth\par}
\stopcolumnset
\stoptext


of course it spewed out a huge log file but when looking at it i found this:



\dostartcolumnsetspan [#1][#2][#3]->\endgraf \vskip \zeropoint \bgroup \forgetall \ifnum \columnsetlevel >\zerocount \else \columnsetspanhsize \hsize \nofcolumns \plusone \mofcolumns \plusone \fi \setupframedtexts [cs:#1] [\c!width =\columnsetspanhsize , \c!linecorrection =\v!off , \c!depthcorrection =\v!off , #2]\!!countc \namedframedtextparameter {cs:#1}\c!n \!!countd \nofcolumns \ifnum \!!countc >\!!countd \!!countc \!!countd \fi \advance \!!countd -\mofcolumns \advance \!!countd \plusone \doif {\namedframedtextparameter {cs:#1}\c!alternative }\v!a {\ifnum \!!countc >\!!countd \!!countc \!!countd \fi }\setcolumnsetspanhsize \mofcolumns \!!countc \hsize \columnsetspanhsize \setbox \scratchbox \vbox \bgroup \dostartframedtext [cs:#1][\v!none ]\ifnum \columnsetlevel >\zerocount \namedframe
 dtextparameter {cs:#1}\c!before \fi \unexpanded \def \stopcolumnsetspan {\dostopcolumnsetspan {#1}}
#1<-wide
#2<-
#3<-
{\par}
Lua linebreak_filter failed, reverting to default on line 9


Any ideas? my actual document exhibits the same sort of fault. It used to work before I had to update the minimals ( some time ago) when I moved to another computer and it failed then.


I must say I really like context and appreciate all the hard work that must have gone into it. I know that it is a large system and will take me some time to get to grips with. 


Any help would be appreciated.

Cheers
Gordon



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problem with columnsetspan

[Gordon Parrott]

Hi
I am fairly new to Context and as a way to learn I am working on a magazine layout for a an organisation to which I belong.

I was getting along well ( with information I got from the web site and the mail lists).

 I am having a problem with \starcolumsetspan. Until a week or two ago it appeared to be working but I have just installed the minimals on a new machine and it no longer works with the latest version.

I found this example on the mailing list which give the same results:

\definecolumnset[columntest][n=2,balance=yes]
\definecolumnsetspan[wide][n=2]
\starttext
\startcolumnset[columntest]
    \startcolumnsetspan[wide]
        \dorecurse{3}{\input knuth\par}
    \stopcolumnsetspan
    \dorecurse{10}{\input knuth\par}
\stopcolumnset
\stoptext


I'm just wondering if there is anything I might need to do to the above to get it to work?

Any help would be greatly appreciated but I am in no hurry for this and could wait until it gets fixed in the normal round of releases.


Cheers
Gordon

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