From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/2485 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Arnold Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Two column itemizations Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2000 16:43:49 -0700 Sender: owner-ntg-context@let.uu.nl Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.20000813164349.0097e680@mail.northcoast.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035393276 9262 80.91.224.250 (23 Oct 2002 17:14:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 17:14:36 +0000 (UTC) Cc: ntg-context@ntg.nl Original-To: pragma@wxs.nl Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:2485 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:2485 All, I have: \setuppapersize[S6][S6] \setuplayout [backspace=10pt, topspace=10pt, margin=0pt, rightedge=100pt, rightedgedistance=20pt, width=460pt, header=0pt, footer=0pt, height=middle] In my exercise sets, I'd like two columns in some instances. But this doesn't work. Why? \let\\=\cr {\em Answer questions 1-9 on regular notebook paper. Be sure to test your responses at the computer.} \startitemize[n,broad] \item Write the Matlab commands that generate each of the following matrices. \startitemize[a,columns] \item $\pmatrix{ 1 & 1 & 3 & 0 \\ -3 & -1 & 6 & 8 \\ 4 & 4 & 10 & -7 \\ }$ \item $\pmatrix{ 10 & 5 & -6 \\ -5 & -8 & -4 \\ -5 & -10 & 3 \\ 8 & 8 & -5 \\ }$ \stopitemize \stopitemize What I think happens is that for some reason columns two is dividing the whole page into two columns, not just the text area. I tested this theory with \startitemize[n,broad] \item Write the Matlab commands that generate each of the following matrices. \startitemize[a,columns] \item one \item two \stopitemize \stopitemize It appears that the second column starts right in the middle of the page, but not the middle of the text area. Consequently, in the above example, there isn't enough room for the matrix and it somehow gets shot down to the next line. Anyhow, my output winds up like a. one b. two where, of course, one and two are the matrices defined above. Is this a bug? Or am I doing something wrong? - David Arnold College of the Redwoods Mathematics Department 7351 Tompkins Hill Road Eureka, CA 95501 (707) 476-4222 My Home Page http://online.redwoods.cc.ca.us/instruct/darnold/index.htm Ordinary Differential Equations Using Matlab http://www.prenhall.com/books/esm_0130113816.html