problem with two columns on a page

[Jelle Huisman <jelle@jhnet.nl>]

Hi,

I'm typesetting a dictionary using \startcolumns[n=2,balance=yes] to get 
balanced columns. I have 26 balanced columns with simple headers in 
between and a lot of situations with two columns on one page. (see 
example). As long as the number of lines of the first columns (AA) is 
fewer than a certain value around 20 the next columns (BB) will be 
placed on the same page, but if there are more lines from the first 
columns they push the second columns to the next page. Is there a way to 
control this behavior, I would like to be able to keep this second 
columns starting on this page even if there are only 5 lines of text 
available for it. (using MkII)

\starttext
\showgrid

\startalignment[center] AA \stopalignment\blank
\startcolumns[n=2,balance=yes]
\dorecurse{40}{a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a } % << this works
%\dorecurse{42}{a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a } % << this 
pushes columns (BB) to the next page
\stopcolumns

\startalignment[center] BB \stopalignment\blank
\startcolumns[n=2,balance=yes]
\dorecurse{100}{b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b }
\stopcolumns

\stoptext

Thanks,

Jelle
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