Re: Unbalanced column widths

[Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>]

At 07:48 AM 7/27/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>On Friday 26 July 2002 05:37 pm, Hans Hagen wrote:
> > At 05:14 PM 7/26/2002 -0400, John Culleton wrote:
> > >On Friday 26 July 2002 02:23 pm, Hans Hagen wrote:
> > > > At 11:03 AM 7/26/2002 -0400, you wrote:
> > >
> >
> > well, you can balance:
> >
> > just say
> >
> > \setupcolumnset[two][1][n=34]
> > \setupcolumnset[two][2][n=21]
> >
> > to force a split
> >
> > Hans
>
>OK I'll try it. What does the [n=34] reperesent? the number of lines in the
>column?

indeed, last page of columnset only

>I use a narrow column followed by a wide column. If the text overflows to the
>next page the wide column is still in effect. So assuming enough text I get
>two wide columns which overlap on the following page. (Bug or feature? :)
>When this happens I insert
>\stopcolumnset
>\page[yes]
>\startcolumnset[alt]
>...which is an alternate equal width set of columns.
>I insert the above at the point where the page naturally breaks.

you can define multiple columnsets and say:

\startcolumnset[whatever,another,...]

which saves you the \page mess

>I'll keep on playing!

the nice things of columnsets are placing graphics

Hans
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