Re: columns and alignment at the bottom

[Ed L Cashin <ecashin@uga.edu>]

Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl> writes:

> At 22:50 12/10/2003, Ed L Cashin wrote:
...
>>Some months ago another columns implementation came out, but if I
>>recall correctly, when you have columns of vboxes separated by very
>>stretchy glue, the new columns implementation can't bottom-align them
>>either.
>
> got you:
>
> \starttext
>
> \startcolumnset
>
> \dorecurse{100}
>    {\framed
>       [width=\hsize,height=fit,align=normal]
>       {\getrandomnumber\whatever{1}{9}%
>        \dorecurse\whatever{\strut test \recurselevel\endgraf}}
>     \vfilll}
>
> \stopcolumnset
>
> \stoptext

Oh, I can't wait to see what that example does!  Does it show that I
am not recalling correctly?  I hope so.  

The example, though, doesn't result in a pdf file for me when I put it
into a file, "test.tex", and run "texexec --pdf test".

Acrobat Reader 4.0 says, "There was an error opening this document.
Could not repair file."


  ecashin@marblerye tmp$ PATH=/opt/teTeX-1.0.7/bin:$PATH texexec --pdf test
  
   TeXExec 3.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2003
  
              executable : pdfetex
                  format : cont-en
               inputfile : test
                  output : pdftex
               interface : en
            current mode : none
                 TeX run : 1
  
  This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.14159-13d-2.1 (Web2C 7.3.1)
  entering extended mode
...
  pdftex         : needs map file: original-vogel-symbol.map
  systems        : begin file test at line 1
  systems        : randomizer starts with 903229090
  [1.1[/opt/teTeX-1.0.7/share/texmf/dvips/config/pdftex.map]] [2.2]
             return code : 11
                run time : 2 seconds
  
          total run time : 2 seconds
  ecashin@marblerye tmp$ acroread test.pdf
  ecashin@marblerye tmp$ 


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