From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/67524 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Wolfgang Schuster Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Trouble with columns Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 22:19:47 +0200 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1084) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1301516414 7379 80.91.229.12 (30 Mar 2011 20:20:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 20:20:14 +0000 (UTC) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Wed Mar 30 22:20:08 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([195.12.62.10]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Q51s8-0005Ix-BM for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Wed, 30 Mar 2011 22:20:08 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B8E3CAB31; Wed, 30 Mar 2011 22:19:42 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id nFHNJhYiAHGI; Wed, 30 Mar 2011 22:19:40 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE11DCAAD6; Wed, 30 Mar 2011 22:19:39 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id D0F7CCAAD6 for ; Wed, 30 Mar 2011 22:19:38 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id CtG3Pom+V1Xg for ; Wed, 30 Mar 2011 22:19:27 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from filter1-ams.mf.surf.net (filter1-ams.mf.surf.net [192.87.102.69]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 590E8CAACD for ; Wed, 30 Mar 2011 22:19:27 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from mail-bw0-f41.google.com (mail-bw0-f41.google.com [209.85.214.41]) by filter1-ams.mf.surf.net (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5+lenny1) with ESMTP id p2UKJpua027072 for ; Wed, 30 Mar 2011 22:19:51 +0200 Original-Received: by bwz17 with SMTP id 17so1755478bwz.14 for ; Wed, 30 Mar 2011 13:19:51 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:content-type:mime-version:subject:from :in-reply-to:date:content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to :x-mailer; bh=mSjMMcJvjsmydBa0ziB2Rre22p4SESmM5pWum5KiU2A=; b=aR6ky1rinQjIVYmWzFnOaJG+GcwHe2POsCndMeOhQTg0qtRlPqs9Cnp2NVHZ/FKo2O jWxDbKFMfPQDz0pXjucUyV9OmlepqqmtaiXyaev+YkngD4xxzaMJQXbW53uZlJOtKrV8 bG2xFWWik/KpwDXGKWARCAZWYzpq2tnnxYvPw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=content-type:mime-version:subject:from:in-reply-to:date :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to:x-mailer; b=vgzCHgL50yNdByagHUpSEr3kYiOW8zcpF9x81HNIFAQTjipnRn6cYQBvd9bB1ERv6g Oxe2ihaXkXYS+Isg7prh6E2eRaZ2h4ZQfVF5y6nYsrVpncacFkF1F0xlZJi1ntoNvZb5 /dxK8lP4j8FOGcVUaknPEfviTbtxPV8QGIQy0= Original-Received: by 10.204.166.66 with SMTP id l2mr1585419bky.6.1301516391179; Wed, 30 Mar 2011 13:19:51 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from [192.168.2.31] (p5B2940C2.dip.t-dialin.net [91.41.64.194]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id v21sm294012bkt.23.2011.03.30.13.19.48 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Wed, 30 Mar 2011 13:19:50 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1084) X-Bayes-Prob: 0.0001 (Score 0, tokens from: @@RPTN) X-CanIt-Geo: ip=209.85.214.41; country=US; region=CA; city=Mountain View; postalcode=94043; latitude=37.4192; longitude=-122.0574; metrocode=807; areacode=650; http://maps.google.com/maps?q=37.4192,-122.0574&z=6 X-CanItPRO-Stream: uu:ntg-context@ntg.nl (inherits from uu:default, base:default) X-Canit-Stats-ID: 06EpwjPVX - cd09b8aa1263 - 20110330 X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 192.87.102.69 X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:67524 Archived-At: Am 30.03.2011 um 14:49 schrieb Alasdair McAndrew: > I was setting up a test for my students, consisting of one page (A4 lands= cape), three columns. Each column consisted of a question, below which the= re was an empty frame in which to write the answer. The layout then was so= mething like > -- > \startcolumns[n=3D3] > \startitemize[n] > \item First question > = > \framed[height=3D10cm width=3D\textwidth]{} > = > \column > = > \item Second question > = > \framed[height=3D10cm width=3D\textwidth]{} > = > \column > = > \item Third question > = > \framed[height=3D10cm width=3D\textwidth]{} > = > \stopitemize > \stopcolumns > -- > = > All well and good - except! the second "\column" command pushed the thir= d column onto a second page. However without that "\column", no matter wha= t parameters I gave the page layout, the third question text would appear a= t the bottom of the second column. I ended up getting around this by putti= ng a "\vskip3cm" in place of the second "\column". This worked, but seems = like an ugly workaround. Use the =93columns=94 option for itemize or write the question with the par= agraphs (\defineparagraphs, it=92s described in the big manual) environment. \starttext \startitemize[n,columns,three] \item First question \framed[height=3D10cm,width=3D\textwidth]{} \item Second question \framed[height=3D10cm,width=3D\textwidth]{} \item Third question \framed[height=3D10cm,width=3D\textwidth]{} \stopitemize \stoptext Wolfgang ___________________________________________________________________________= ________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to t= he Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-cont= ext webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________= ________