Re: Columns within a layer

[Oliver Buerschaper <oliver.buerschaper@mpq.mpg.de>]

> width:
> 
> \startsetups streamlayer:test:settings
>  \overloadtextwidth{12cm}
> \stopsetups
> 
> frame:
> 
> \definetextbackground[testframe]
> 
> \startstreamlayer[test]
> \starttextbackground[testframe]
> ...
> \stoptextbackground
> \stopstreamlayer

That's exactly what I need! Based on your example I kept experimenting a bit and got to:

---
\usemodule[streams]

\definestreamlayer
    [columns]
    [method=overlay]

\startsetups streamlayer:columns:settings
    \overloadtextwidth{12cm}
\stopsetups

\setupbackgrounds
    [page]
    [background=columns]



\starttext

\startstreamlayer[columns]
\startcolumns
\input knuth
\stopcolumns
\stopstreamlayer

\setlayerframed
    [columns]
    [x=2cm,
     y=3cm]
    [width=12cm,
     height=8cm,
     align=normal,
     offset=none,
     framecolor=gray]
    {\placestreamlayer[columns]}

%\setlayer
%    [columns]
%    [x=1cm,
%     y=10cm]
%    {\placestreamlayer[columns]}

\stoptext
---

Observations:

1. One can even do without the textbackground material for some reason.
2. \placestreamlayer apparently can only be used once (try uncommenting the last lines). So it doesn't nearly behave like a buffer...
3. There's some vertical space between the frame and the first line of text. Is this some \topskip thing? How can I get rid of this space?

Many thanks again for your suggestions and a happy new year,
Oliver
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