columns vs. paragraphs, and a question about fillinrule

columns vs. paragraphs, and a question about fillinrule

[Pavneet Arora]

As part of this legal document set that I have been working to put 
together, I needed side-by-side text.  Looking at the wiki, I noticed 
that there are at least 3 methods:  columns, paragraphs, columnsets.

I only attempted two, but they seem to have quite different results.  I 
understood that columns were for simple cases.  However, in my MWE 
below, the \column command breaks the "columns" in unusual way.

One can also swap out the order of the paragraphs and columns methods; 
the results are similar.  Also, one can adjust the dorecurse command 
with additional lorems to see where the "columns" land on the page.  
Again results are similar.

Any suggestions?

Another question:  I am trying to have the numbers in the \fillinrule 
command to be hanging so that the rules are lined up.  Is this possible, 
and if so how best to do it?

advTHANKSance.

MWE:

\setuppapersize[letter]
\setuplayout[header=0in,footer=0in,topspace=0.75in,height=9.5in,backspace=1.25in,width=6in]
\setuppagenumbering[location=]
\usemodule[simplefonts]
\setmainfont[gentiumalt]
\setupbodyfont[11pt]
\setupinterlinespace[line=3.2ex]
\setupwhitespace[big]

\starttext
\startalignment[middle]
{\tfc AN IMPORTANT LEGAL DOCUMENT}
\stopalignment
\blank[2*big]

\dorecurse{1}{\input lorem\par}

\blank[2*big]

{\tt paragraphs} method:

\defineparagraphs[mypar][n=3,before={\blank},after={\blank}]
\setupparagraphs[mypar][1][width=.5\textwidth]
\setupparagraphs[mypar][2][width=.1\textwidth]
\setupparagraphs[mypar][3][width=.4\textwidth]

\startmypar
WITNESSES:
\fillinrules[n=3,interlinespace=small,width=broad,separator=]{1.}
\fillinrules[n=3,interlinespace=small,width=broad,separator=]{2.}
\mypar
\mypar
(TESTATOR)\crlf
Ms. B.E. Def\crlf
\stopmypar

{\tt columns} method:

\startcolumns[n=2]
WITNESSES:
\fillinrules[n=3,interlinespace=small,width=broad,separator=]{1.}
\fillinrules[n=3,interlinespace=small,width=broad,separator=]{2.}
\column
(TESTATOR)\crlf
Mr. B.E. Def\crlf
\stopcolumns

\stoptext

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Re: columns vs. paragraphs, and a question about fillinrule

[Aditya Mahajan]

On Thu, 12 Sep 2013, Pavneet Arora wrote:

> As part of this legal document set that I have been working to put
> together, I needed side-by-side text.  Looking at the wiki, I noticed
> that there are at least 3 methods:  columns, paragraphs, columnsets.
>
> I only attempted two, but they seem to have quite different results.  I
> understood that columns were for simple cases.  However, in my MWE
> below, the \column command breaks the "columns" in unusual way.
>
> One can also swap out the order of the paragraphs and columns methods;
> the results are similar.  Also, one can adjust the dorecurse command
> with additional lorems to see where the "columns" land on the page.
> Again results are similar.
>
> Any suggestions?

What is the desired output? Do you want the left "column" to continue on 
to the next page? Is so, you could use the tabulate environment.

\setuppaper[A5, landscape]
\starttext
\startalignment[middle]
{\tfc AN IMPORTANT LEGAL DOCUMENT}
\stopalignment

\starttabulate[|p(0.5\textwidth)|p(0.1\textwidth)|p(0.4\textwidth)|]
   \NC WITNESSES:
     \fillinrules[n=15,interlinespace=small,width=broad,separator=]{1.}
     \fillinrules[n=15,interlinespace=small,width=broad,separator=]{2.}
     \fillinrules[n=15,interlinespace=small,width=broad,separator=]{3.}
     \fillinrules[n=15,interlinespace=small,width=broad,separator=]{4.}
     \fillinrules[n=15,interlinespace=small,width=broad,separator=]{5.}
   \NC
   \NC
       (TESTATOR)\crlf
       Ms. B.E. Def
   \NC
   \NR
   \NC WITNESSES:
     \fillinrules[n=15,interlinespace=small,width=broad,separator=]{1.}
     \fillinrules[n=15,interlinespace=small,width=broad,separator=]{2.}
     \fillinrules[n=15,interlinespace=small,width=broad,separator=]{3.}
     \fillinrules[n=15,interlinespace=small,width=broad,separator=]{4.}
     \fillinrules[n=15,interlinespace=small,width=broad,separator=]{5.}
   \NC
   \NC
       (TESTATOR)\crlf
       Ms. B.E. Def
   \NC
   \NR
\stoptabulate

\stoptext
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Re: columns vs. paragraphs, and a question about fillinrule

[Pavneet Arora]

Sorry, I should have been more clear about the intended output.

In the most common case, I simply wanted side by side output:  witnesses 
in the left column, and testator in the right column.  Rarely, is it 
expected to traverse a page.  The paragraph method does this; \paragraph 
goes to the top of the next column.  The columns method does not:  
\column, at least for this combination of input, does not go to the top 
of the next column, but rather pushes the subsequent input to the top of 
the next page, which is not the intention.

So, the paragraph method produces the expected "two-column layour" 
output while the columns method does not.

However, your tabulate method is perfect fine especially if one needs 
the output to cross page boundaries.

Any idea to make fillinrules behave like a list, i.e., with the indices 
hanging to the left of equal sized rules?

Thanks for your help.

On 14Sep13, Aditya Mahajan wrote:
> On Thu, 12 Sep 2013, Pavneet Arora wrote:
> 
> >As part of this legal document set that I have been working to put
> >together, I needed side-by-side text.  Looking at the wiki, I noticed
> >that there are at least 3 methods:  columns, paragraphs, columnsets.
> >
> >I only attempted two, but they seem to have quite different results.  I
> >understood that columns were for simple cases.  However, in my MWE
> >below, the \column command breaks the "columns" in unusual way.
> >
> >One can also swap out the order of the paragraphs and columns methods;
> >the results are similar.  Also, one can adjust the dorecurse command
> >with additional lorems to see where the "columns" land on the page.
> >Again results are similar.
> >
> >Any suggestions?
> 
> What is the desired output? Do you want the left "column" to
> continue on to the next page? Is so, you could use the tabulate
> environment.
> 
> \setuppaper[A5, landscape]
> \starttext
> \startalignment[middle]
> {\tfc AN IMPORTANT LEGAL DOCUMENT}
> \stopalignment
> 
> \starttabulate[|p(0.5\textwidth)|p(0.1\textwidth)|p(0.4\textwidth)|]
>   \NC WITNESSES:
>     \fillinrules[n=15,interlinespace=small,width=broad,separator=]{1.}
>     \fillinrules[n=15,interlinespace=small,width=broad,separator=]{2.}
>     \fillinrules[n=15,interlinespace=small,width=broad,separator=]{3.}
>     \fillinrules[n=15,interlinespace=small,width=broad,separator=]{4.}
>     \fillinrules[n=15,interlinespace=small,width=broad,separator=]{5.}
>   \NC
>   \NC
>       (TESTATOR)\crlf
>       Ms. B.E. Def
>   \NC
>   \NR
>   \NC WITNESSES:
>     \fillinrules[n=15,interlinespace=small,width=broad,separator=]{1.}
>     \fillinrules[n=15,interlinespace=small,width=broad,separator=]{2.}
>     \fillinrules[n=15,interlinespace=small,width=broad,separator=]{3.}
>     \fillinrules[n=15,interlinespace=small,width=broad,separator=]{4.}
>     \fillinrules[n=15,interlinespace=small,width=broad,separator=]{5.}
>   \NC
>   \NC
>       (TESTATOR)\crlf
>       Ms. B.E. Def
>   \NC
>   \NR
> \stoptabulate
> 
> \stoptext

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