more column problems

more column problems

[Andres Loeh]

Here is another problem I have with columns:

\starttext

% works as intended
\startcolumns [n=2]

\input zapf

\input tufte

\stopcolumns

% no column break at \column
\startcolumns [n=2]

\input zapf

\column

\input tufte

\stopcolumns

\stoptext

In the second part, I do not get the column break at the place where I say
\column. If I replace \column with \column [yes], I get a _page_ break
instead of a column break ...

Groeten,
  Andres

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Andres Loeh, Universiteit Utrecht

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Re: more column problems

[Hans Hagen]

At 04:32 PM 4/18/2002 +0200, Andres Loeh wrote:
>Here is another problem I have with columns:
>
>\starttext
>
>% works as intended
>\startcolumns [n=2]
>
>\input zapf
>
>\input tufte
>
>\stopcolumns
>
>% no column break at \column
>\startcolumns [n=2]
>
>\input zapf
>
>\column
>
>\input tufte
>
>\stopcolumns
>
>\stoptext
>
>In the second part, I do not get the column break at the place where I say
>\column. If I replace \column with \column [yes], I get a _page_ break
>instead of a column break ...

this column mechanism really tries hard to balance columns;

it may help if your turn on grid snapping

also, there are columnsets to play with ...

\definecolumnset[two][n=2]

\startcolumnset[two]

\placefigure [btrl] {} {\framed[height=3cm,width=4cm]{guess what}}

bla \column bla

\stopcolumnset

Hans
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