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From: mf via ntg-context <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
To: ntg-context@ntg.nl
Cc: mf <massifr@fastwebnet.it>
Subject: Re: \setupparagraphs - can they run over two pages?
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2023 13:26:25 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <38bfdcc8-33e6-434d-fad7-c878d94c232b@fastwebnet.it> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <24401ae8-eac9-ebac-a0e1-a4133701e216@gmail.com>

I would try \setuptabulate, \starttabulate ... \stoptabulate.

It has some limitations (though Hans added some features recently), but 
it should work.

Massi

Il 24/02/23 06:41, jbf via ntg-context ha scritto:
> I have the following setup for side-by-side paras.
> 
> \defineparagraphs[Two][n=2]
> 
> \setupparagraphs[Two][1][width=.1\textwidth,style=\bfx,align=tolerant]
> 
> \setupparagraphs[Two][2][width=.9\textwidth,style=normal,align=tolerant]
> 
> My difficulty is that while there is only ever just a couple of numbers 
> in the left-hand 'column', the right-hand 'column' may have several 
> lengthy paragraphs. If I have one relatively short \startTwo followed by 
> one that is much longer, it will be forced to start on the next page, 
> leaving too much empty space on the previous page.
> 
> It is probable that getting this environment to split across pages is 
> not possible. I can try very different approaches (columns, tables) to 
> solve my problem, but I thought I would at least ask first.
> 
> Julian
> 
> 
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2023-02-27 12:26 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-02-24  5:41 jbf via ntg-context
2023-02-27 12:16 ` Denis Maier via ntg-context
2023-02-27 12:26 ` mf via ntg-context [this message]
2023-02-27 20:28   ` jbf via ntg-context

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