[NTG-context] Page breaks with \defineparagraphs possible?

[NTG-context] Page breaks with \defineparagraphs possible?

[Berend de Boer via ntg-context]

Dear all,

I've noticed that \defineparagraphs does not break across pages. That
would be a huge page saver in my case. Do I have any options for page
breaking across a set of parallel paragraphs?

Initially I just had a \hbox{\vtop{#1}\hfil\vtop{#2}} but obviously
that doesn't break, so went for more ConTeXt style, but couldn't see a
good mechanism.


Example file where you can see the entire paragraphs thing is put on the next page.

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\setuppapersize[A5]

\defineparagraphs[bilingual][n=2,tolerance=stretch,before=,after=,distance=\0.06\textwidth]
\setupparagraphs[bilingual][1][width=0.47\textwidth]
\setupparagraphs[bilingual][2][width=0.47\textwidth]

\starttext

\input tufte

\startbilingual
  \input tufte
  \nextbilingual
  \input knuth

\stopbilingual

\stoptext

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All the best,

Berend de Boer
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Re: [NTG-context] Page breaks with \defineparagraphs possible?

[Wolfgang Schuster via ntg-context]

Berend de Boer via ntg-context schrieb am 05.06.2023 um 00:02:
> Dear all,
>
> I've noticed that \defineparagraphs does not break across pages. That
> would be a huge page saver in my case. Do I have any options for page
> breaking across a set of parallel paragraphs?
>
> Initially I just had a \hbox{\vtop{#1}\hfil\vtop{#2}} but obviously
> that doesn't break, so went for more ConTeXt style, but couldn't see a
> good mechanism.

You can use the tabulate environment to create parallel paragraphs.

\setuppapersize[A5]

\definetabulate[bilingual][|pA{normal,verytolerant,stretch}|pA{normal,verytolerant,stretch}|]

\starttext

\startbilingual
\NC \input tufte
\NC \input knuth
\NC\NR
\stopbilingual

\stoptext

Wolfgang

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Re: [NTG-context] Page breaks with \defineparagraphs possible?

[Berend de Boer via ntg-context]

Hi Wolfgang,

> You can use the tabulate environment to create parallel paragraphs.

Ah yes, that's working! Thank you so much!

One question on the pA{normal,verytolerant,stretch}: what does that do exactly?

From the manual I got that A only takes one key, what does specifying three keys mean?

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Berend de Boer
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Re: [NTG-context] Page breaks with \defineparagraphs possible?

[Berend de Boer via ntg-context]

Hi Wolfgang,

> You can use the tabulate environment to create parallel paragraphs.

Just one thing for others, this solution as the same problem as
paragraphs: \placeinitial won't work.

I.e. this:

    \setupinitial[text=#1]\placeinitial

inside the tabulate or paragraphs doesn't work (but here I simply use
a \hbox{\vbox{}\hfil\vbox{}} solution which works well enough I think,
as I only need this for the opening paragraph.

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Berend de Boer
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Re: [NTG-context] Page breaks with \defineparagraphs possible?

[Berend de Boer via ntg-context]

Hi Wolfgang,

> \definetabulate[bilingual][|pA{normal,verytolerant,stretch}|pA{normal,verytolerant,stretch}|]

One more on this actually: how can I influence the white space between
the columns? I tried to set distance, but that didn't do anything.

Setting p(4cm) or so, made the paragraphs smaller, but did not impact
the white space between the columns.

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Berend de Boer
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