direction in columnset (MKII)

direction in columnset (MKII)

[Jelle Huisman]

Hi all,

Is it possible to tell columnsets which column is the first one?
I use columnset in MKII to typeset Arabic text in a multicolumn layout 
and the text starts in the left column. Is there a nice way to force the 
text to start in the right column? Something like 
\definecolumnset[arabic][n=2,direction=right] doesn't work.
(A nasty, ugly hack is fine too ;-)

Example:

\starttext
\definecolumnset[arabic][n=2,direction=right]
\startcolumns[arabic]
Oeps. In Arabic the 'first' column is on the right: \input knuth
\stopcolumns
\stoptext

Thanks,

Jelle
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Re: direction in columnset (MKII)

[Wolfgang Schuster]

Am 28.06.10 18:39, schrieb Jelle Huisman:
> Hi all,
>
> Is it possible to tell columnsets which column is the first one?
> I use columnset in MKII to typeset Arabic text in a multicolumn layout 
> and the text starts in the left column. Is there a nice way to force 
> the text to start in the right column? Something like 
> \definecolumnset[arabic][n=2,direction=right] doesn't work.
> (A nasty, ugly hack is fine too ;-)
>
> Example:
>
> \starttext
> \definecolumnset[arabic][n=2,direction=right]
> \startcolumns[arabic]
> Oeps. In Arabic the 'first' column is on the right: \input knuth
> \stopcolumns
> \stoptext

It makes no sense to set values for columnset but use regular columns in 
your document
and the correct value for direction you want is 'left' not 'right'.

\starttext

% columnset

\definecolumnset[arabic][n=2,direction=left]
\startcolumnset[arabic]
Oeps. In Arabic the 'first' column is on the right:\par\column\input knuth
\stopcolumnset

\page

% columns

\startcolumns[direction=left]
Oeps. In Arabic the 'first' column is on the right:\par\column\input knuth
\stopcolumns

\stoptext

Wolfgang

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Re: direction in columnset (MKII)

[Jelle Huisman]

On 28/06/10 21:37, Wolfgang Schuster wrote:

> It makes no sense to set values for columnset but use regular columns in
> your document
> and the correct value for direction you want is 'left' not 'right'.


OK-thanks, this helped me to untangle some messy coding on my part...

Jelle
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