From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/84269 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Pavneet Arora Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: columns vs. paragraphs, and a question about fillinrule Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2013 06:23:27 -0400 Message-ID: <20130915102326.GL8454@darjiling> References: <20130912213144.GE23953@darjiling> Reply-To: Pavneet Arora , mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1379240620 31636 80.91.229.3 (15 Sep 2013 10:23:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2013 10:23:40 +0000 (UTC) To: Aditya Mahajan , ConTeXt Mailing list Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Sun Sep 15 12:23:44 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([5.39.185.229]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1VL9UU-00076f-FV for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Sun, 15 Sep 2013 12:23:42 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22A1C101F7; Sun, 15 Sep 2013 12:21:51 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id XSmm8A2Emk7E; Sun, 15 Sep 2013 12:21:49 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 95FF6101F9; Sun, 15 Sep 2013 12:21:49 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 634C7101F9 for ; Sun, 15 Sep 2013 12:21:48 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id CKcxEAE4caUQ for ; Sun, 15 Sep 2013 12:21:44 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from filter1-til.mf.surf.net (filter1-til.mf.surf.net [194.171.167.217]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id BAD83101F7 for ; Sun, 15 Sep 2013 12:21:44 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from charkha.pavastupa.com (teresa.yourinstantserver.com [173.230.253.20] (may be forged)) by filter1-til.mf.surf.net (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-9.4) with ESMTP id r8FANWf0017203 for ; Sun, 15 Sep 2013 12:23:33 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by charkha.pavastupa.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B52886C2AA; Sun, 15 Sep 2013 06:25:40 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at charkha.pavastupa.com Original-Received: from charkha.pavastupa.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (charkha.pavastupa.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 8Wtd5im2md5S; Sun, 15 Sep 2013 06:25:36 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from pavastupa.com (bas5-toronto47-845522922.dsl.bell.ca [50.101.167.234]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: pavneet_arora@pavastupa.com) by charkha.pavastupa.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 8700986C253; Sun, 15 Sep 2013 06:25:36 -0400 (EDT) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Bayes-Prob: 0.0001 (Score 0, tokens from: @@RPTN) X-CanIt-Geo: ip=173.230.253.20; country=US; region=MI; city=Dearborn; postalcode=48124; latitude=42.3027; longitude=-83.2456; metrocode=505; areacode=313; http://maps.google.com/maps?q=42.3027,-83.2456&z=6 X-CanItPRO-Stream: uu:ntg-context@ntg.nl (inherits from uu:default, base:default) X-Canit-Stats-ID: 0RKpmnwGT - bcf84610f6e8 - 20130915 X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 194.171.167.217 X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:84269 Archived-At: 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 -- ---- Pavneet Arora m: 647.406.6843 Waroc Informatik t: 416.937.9276 ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________