From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/30162 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Hans van der Meer Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Column problem Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2006 11:16:05 +0200 Message-ID: <4EF71C40-F35C-467A-A0F0-A267F9DDBC1F@science.uva.nl> References: <4712E934-4EF3-493A-8AFA-5EEE491B20A8@cox.net> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1155115062 31446 80.91.229.2 (9 Aug 2006 09:17:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2006 09:17:42 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Wed Aug 09 11:17:40 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GAkC2-0004gH-I7 for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Wed, 09 Aug 2006 11:17:38 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id C93A01FE2F; Wed, 9 Aug 2006 11:17:37 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 08067-08-5; Wed, 9 Aug 2006 11:17:34 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 420D01FE11; Wed, 9 Aug 2006 11:17:34 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 85D0F1FE11 for ; Wed, 9 Aug 2006 11:17:31 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 08067-08-4 for ; Wed, 9 Aug 2006 11:17:29 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from smtp.science.uva.nl (smtp.science.uva.nl [146.50.4.84]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with SMTP id D59821FE0A for ; Wed, 9 Aug 2006 11:17:28 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from 119-194.uva.surfnetthuis.nl [145.98.119.194] by smtp.science.uva.nl with ESMTP (sendmail 8.11.6p2/config 11.36). id k799HO919468; Wed, 9 Aug 2006 11:17:24 +0200 X-Organisation: Faculty of Science, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands X-URL: http://www.science.uva.nl/ In-Reply-To: <4712E934-4EF3-493A-8AFA-5EEE491B20A8@cox.net> Original-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.7 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:30162 Archived-At: On Aug 9, 2006, at 1:11, David Arnold wrote: > Hans et al, > > In making the final pass at our book, I have a problem with the > \column command. > > In trying to start a new column to avoid a widow, I put a \column > command at the end of the first of two columns on a page. The result > is I get a start of a new column, but it is on a new page. > > Thus, page 1 has 1 column, the second column is blank, and the rest > continues on page 2 in two column format! > > Help! When I had a column problem Taco Hoekwater pointed out \startsimplecolumns for me (it is in page-mul.tex) and that helped. Maybe you could give it a try... > Hans van der Meer