Re: Problems with columns and grid

[Wolfgang Schuster <schuster.wolfgang@gmail.com>]

Am 03.06.2013 um 21:45 schrieb Joshua Krämer <joshua.kraemer@gmail.com>:

> On Mon, 03 Jun 2013 21:00:49 +0200, Wolfgang Schuster has written:
>> Use mixed columns:
>> 
>> \setuplayout[grid=yes]
>> \starttext \startmixedcolumns left \column right 1\\right 2
>> \stopmixedcolumns \stoptext
> 
> Thank you very much, this works!  Now I wonder what the difference 
> between regular and mixed columns is.  I have not found any information 
> about it; mixed columns aren't even mentioned in the manual.  Can you 
> tell me where to find a description?

Mixed columns are a rewrite of the old columns mechanism.

It would ha been possible to use the new code for \startcolumns
but Hans restrained himself from doing this because the new code
produces a different output and ou have to force the new mechanism
with \startmixedcolumns to use it.

A advantage of the new environment is that you can use
it in \startframedtext (with a few restrictions) where the old mechanism
has failed.

> I have an additional problem with columns:  If I set distance=
> \baselineskip, it is bigger then \baselineskip.  Even with distance=0pt, 
> there is still a gap, maybe because of some minimum distance value.  How 
> can I get a smaller distance?


Do you have a example because there isn’t an space between the columns
when you use “distance=0pt”.

\starttext
\startmixedcolumns[distance=0pt,separator=rule]
\dorecurse{1000}{i }
\stopmixedcolumns
\stoptext

Wolfgang
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