From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/8842 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Hans Hagen Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Unbalanced column widths Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2002 15:44:37 +0200 Sender: owner-ntg-context@let.uu.nl Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.1.20020727154246.031ff9b8@remote-1> References: <5.1.0.14.1.20020726233644.031ed6c8@server-1> <5.1.0.14.1.20020726202234.03a6e768@server-1> <5.1.0.14.1.20020726233644.031ed6c8@server-1> NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035399217 30915 80.91.224.250 (23 Oct 2002 18:53:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 18:53:37 +0000 (UTC) Cc: ntg-context@ntg.nl Original-To: John Culleton In-Reply-To: <200207270748.50750.john@wexfordpress.com> Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:8842 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:8842 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE | pragma@wxs.nl Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: +31 (0)38 477 53 69 | fax: +31 (0)38 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- information: http://www.pragma-ade.com/roadmap.pdf documentation: http://www.pragma-ade.com/showcase.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------