Re: framing columns

[Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>]

Hans van der Meer wrote:
> A nasty problem arises when I try to enclose columns into a  
> framedtext and at the same time want to typeset it narrower inside  
> the frame.
>
> 1. framedtext: columns will not typeset, simplecolumns does
> 2. narrower:  columns honors narrowing, simplecolumns does not.
>
> Now I am caught between two impossibilities.
> Is it an option that simplecolumns will also be honoring  
> startnarrower..stopnarrower?
> Is there another, simple solution?
>   
\framed[width=\hsize]\bgroup
\startnarrower
    \setlocalhsize \hsize\localhsize 
    \startsimplecolumns
        \input tufte \par
        \input tufte\par
    \stopsimplecolumns
\stopnarrower
\egroup

- when no width is given, framed will to to find the best fit 
- you set the hsize according to the narrower before the columns 

can you put that in the wiki? 

Hans 


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