From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/24712 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Peter Rolf Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Columns (text alignment) Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 17:54:14 +0100 Message-ID: <43AC2BB6.50206@gmx.net> References: <43AC1A31.30204@di.univaq.it> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1135356885 12288 80.91.229.2 (23 Dec 2005 16:54:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 16:54:45 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Fri Dec 23 17:54:43 2005 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EpqBc-0004rq-5s for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Fri, 23 Dec 2005 17:54:32 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 550B0128F7; Fri, 23 Dec 2005 17:54:31 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 04542-02; Fri, 23 Dec 2005 17:54:26 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id A9139128E3; Fri, 23 Dec 2005 17:54:26 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD944128E3 for ; Fri, 23 Dec 2005 17:54:24 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 04591-06-2 for ; Fri, 23 Dec 2005 17:54:23 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from mail.gmx.net (mail.gmx.net [213.165.64.21]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with SMTP id AFB33128D3 for ; Fri, 23 Dec 2005 17:54:23 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 23 Dec 2005 16:54:23 -0000 Original-Received: from i577B9786.versanet.de (EHLO [192.168.1.3]) [87.123.151.134] by mail.gmx.net (mp037) with SMTP; 23 Dec 2005 17:54:23 +0100 X-Authenticated: #24293357 User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (Windows/20051201) Original-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users In-Reply-To: <43AC1A31.30204@di.univaq.it> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.93.0.0 X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:24712 Archived-At: Hi Fabio Fabio Mancinelli wrote: > Hi everybody. > > I am experimenting with ConTeXt and columns. I am creating a simple > style and I setup 3 columns and redefined some heading (section, > subsection, subsubsections). > > Now the problem is that the text at the end of the columns is not > aligned (i.e., the columns end at different heights). > > I thought that this was due to the \blank commands that I specified as > before and after parameters in the heading definitions, but even by > using the flexible modifier doesn't change that behavior. > using \blank[line] (and also the derived halfline) inserts *no* glue (see definition in context manual). use small,medium,big or any fraction/combination of these instead. > I don't know where the problem is. The tex file is attached. > > Thank you, > Fabio > > P.S.: By using the attached file, I cannot specify the position > parameter for \placefigure. If I write > \placefigure{Name}{\externalfigure[...} it works. > \placefigure[btlr]{name}{\externalfigure[...} does not. Weird. > > P.P.S.: I was reading the columns.pdf "tutorial". I saw that a > \definecolumnsethsize command is used but I haven't found any > documentation about that command anywhere. I use width=2\textwidth which > seems to produce the same effects (2 columns span). > i can't help you with this stuff (never used it, although it looks awesome). Greetings, Peter