Re: Columns and different sizes

[Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>]

Gilbert van den Dobbelsteen wrote:

> I am creating a flyer with a 3 column layout. Now I need to adapt the
> column-widths for the different columns. Something like this:
> 
> \setupcolumns  % setup width for column 1
>   [1]
>   [width=0.4\hsize]
> 
> \setupcolumns
>   [2]
>   [width=0.4\hsize]
> 
> \setupcolumns
>   [3]
>   [width=0.1\hsize]
> 
> \startcolumns

Haha. You want this in multi columns? TeX cannot do it, apart from the
usual hacks. But, you probably don't need multicolumns, try 

\definieeralineas  % \defineparagraphs

It does exactly what you want (and a bit more).

> I can't find anything that looks like this. In fact I do not want 3
> columns, but only 2, and a small column look-alike-thing in the right
> margin. So a solution could be to create a two-column layout on a page
> with lot's of right-margin, and provide the text in the right-margin
> seperatly? Don't know how to do that either, but I can find that out
> myself (I hope).

Just define a wide pagelayout. If you really need margin for another
purpose too, 
use 

\setuptexts [margin] [left margin stuff] [right margin stuff]

The stuff can go into a \vbox to \leftmarginwidth{}

etc etc, 

Hans

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