Re: misbehaving \column

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

Am 03.10.2008 um 23:57 schrieb Mojca Miklavec:

> On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 10:12 PM, Wolfgang Schuster wrote:
>>
>> Am 03.10.2008 um 21:46 schrieb Mojca Miklavec:
>>
>>> On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 7:31 PM, Wolfgang Schuster wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Am 03.10.2008 um 18:40 schrieb Mojca Miklavec:
>>>>
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>
>>>>> The \column command does not want to obey me ... The text  
>>>>> following
>>>>> \column simply jumps to the next page.
>>>>> This time I cannot think of any workaround :(
>>>>> Well, in the worst case I can still insert a table.
>>>>>
>>>>> \starttext
>>>>> \section{first}
>>>>> \dorecurse{80}{dummy }
>>>>> \startcolumns
>>>>> \externalfigure[dummy][width=\textwidth]
>>>>> \input tufte
>>>>> \column
>>>>
>>>> \column[preference] or \testcolumn[0]
>>>
>>> But I would need \column[verybigpreference] then. It doesn't make a
>>> columnt break at all.
>>
>> \installcolumnbreakhandler {MUL} \v!bigpreference
>>  {\vfill\penalty-9999}
>
> \unprotect
> \installcolumnbreakhandler {MUL} \v!bigpreference
>  {\vfill\penalty-9999}
> \protect
>
> \startcolumns ... \column[bigpreference] ... \stopcolumns}
>
> Still no break.
>
> Hans suggested me to use columnsets, but those are spinning as well.
>
> \definecolumnset[two][n=2]
> \starttext
>
> \startcolumnset[two]
> \input tufte
> \column
> \placefigure{none}
> {\rotate[rotation=15]{\externalfigure[dummy][width=.8\textwidth]}}
> \stopcolumnset
>
> \startcolumnset[two]
> \placefigure{none}
> {\rotate[rotation=-10]{\externalfigure[dummy][width=.8\textwidth]}}
> \column
> \input tufte
> \stopcolumnset
>
> \stoptext
>
> Every columnset starts a new page. Maybe I need to try simplecolumns
> now :) Or well ... \bTABLE ... \eTABLE.
>
> One more question: how can I say "please keep this content together"
> when typsetting in columns on grid? \vbox behaves a bit weird, but
> most important: it does not align baselines properly.

\interlinepenalty=10000

You could also redefine to prohibit a pagebreak/columnbreak between
paragraphs but these things should be done in a local group.

Wolfgang



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