Thanks, that's genius!  However, the problem I now have is that the 
sections from *both* chapters are displayed below each chapter heading.  
That is, \placelist[section] generates the same content in both contexts.

Paul


Hans Hagen wrote:
> Paul Gideon Dann wrote:
>    
>> Hi there,
>>
>>     I've got a table of contents for a document that's split into two
>> large sections.  I'm trying to display a centered heading for each
>> section, and subsections listed in two columns underneath each section
>> heading.  Hopefully this illustrates something of what I'm trying to
>> achieve:
>>
>> \midaligned{Section1}
>> \startcolumns[n=2]
>> Subsection1
>> ....
>> \stopcolumns
>>
>> \midaligned{Section2}
>> \startcolumns[n=2]
>> Subsection1
>> ....
>> \stopcolumns
>>
>> Does anyone know how to automate this for a table of contents?
>>      
>
> % \setuplist
> %   [chapter]
> %   [after={\startcolumns\placelist[section]\stopcolumns}]
>
>
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