Re: setting columns in a text frame.

[Wolfgang Schuster <schuster.wolfgang@gmail.com>]

> Am 22.03.2015 um 15:34 schrieb John Culleton <john@wexfordpress.com>:
> 
> I am attempting to emulate a layout of a
> customer's book that was set in InDesign.
> I have columns inside a \textframe inside an
> \intermezzo. I can't get the columns to break.
> I get one long column and the seocnd column is
> blank.
> here is my code:
> ---------------------------------------
> \setupframed[framecorner=round, frameradius=1em,
> background=screen, backgroundscreen=0.70,
> backgroundcorner=round, backgroundradius=1em,
> corner=round, radius=1em] \starttext
> \placeintermezzo[center,none]{}
> \starttext
> \startframedtext[] [width=\hsize]
> \centerline{\ss\tfb  Interest in Green, Organic,
> and Local Foods Is Exploding}
> \definecolumns[example][n=2]
> \startcolumns[example] Organic foods, locally
> sourced foods, and sustainable living or "green"
> enterprises have become part of our mainstream
> lifestyles. Organic foods are produced without
> the use of conventional pesticides, artificial
> fertilizers, human waste, or sewage sludge and
> are processed without ionizing radiation or food
> additives. There is a growing belief that eating
> \column organic is better for our bodies and
> better for the planet. Green food producers and
> processors are becoming increasingly
> environmentally friendly. More importantly, data
> suggest that these markets have exceeded 60
> percent in compound annual growth. This suggests
> a significant demand that specialty food
> entrepreneurs can meet. \stopcolumns
> \stopframedtext \stoptext
> 
> Is this combination of features a bridge too far?

\starttext

\startframedtext[width=max]
	\startmixedcolumns[boxedcolumns]
	\input knuth
	\stopmixedcolumns
\stopframedtext

\stoptext

Wolfgang
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