colums

colums

[Hans van der Meer]

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When I do:

\setupcolumns[n=2,balance=no,tolerance=verytolerant,rule=on] % and  
variations
\startext
\startcolumns
abc
\column
def
\stopcolumns
\stoptext

This produces two columns when typeset on the upper half of the page.
Suddenly about halfway the page the columns are not put side by side  
but below each other!

Is this something known are am I becoming mad?

Hans van der Meer




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Re: colums

[Aditya Mahajan]

On Mon, 31 Jul 2006, Hans van der Meer wrote:

> When I do:
>
> \setupcolumns[n=2,balance=no,tolerance=verytolerant,rule=on] % and variations
> \startext
> \startcolumns
> abc
> \column
> def
> \stopcolumns
> \stoptext
>
> This produces two columns when typeset on the upper half of the page.
> Suddenly about halfway the page the columns are not put side by side but 
> below each other!

Can you give an example that shows the problem?

Aditya

Re: colums

[Hans Hagen]

Hans van der Meer wrote:
> When I do:
>
> \setupcolumns[n=2,balance=no,tolerance=verytolerant,rule=on] % and 
> variations
> \startext
> \startcolumns
> abc
> \column
> def
> \stopcolumns
> \stoptext
>
> This produces two columns when typeset on the upper half of the page.
> Suddenly about halfway the page the columns are not put side by side 
> but below each other!
>
> Is this something known are am I becoming mad?
\column is just not that trustworthy; columnsets give more control but 
cannot be used mixed with one column

Hans

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Re: colums

[Hans van der Meer]

On Aug 1, 2006, at 0:25, Aditya Mahajan wrote:

> On Mon, 31 Jul 2006, Hans van der Meer wrote:
>
>> When I do:
>>
>> \setupcolumns[n=2,balance=no,tolerance=verytolerant,rule=on] % and  
>> variations
>> \startext
>> \startcolumns
>> abc
>> \column
>> def
>> \stopcolumns
>> \stoptext
>>
>> This produces two columns when typeset on the upper half of the page.
>> Suddenly about halfway the page the columns are not put side by  
>> side but
>> below each other!
>
> Can you give an example that shows the problem?
>
> Aditya


I ran the next code on the Live Context site and it gave me "first  
column" on the first page and "second column" on page 2.

\starttext
\dorecurse{4}{\input tufte}

\startcolumns[n=2]
first column
\column
second column
\stopcolumns
\stoptext

But, as Hans Hagen wrote in another reply:

> \column is just not that trustworthy; columnsets give more control but
> cannot be used mixed with one column

However, I seem to remember columnsets as fairly complex.

Hans van der Meer