From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/84268 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Aditya Mahajan Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: columns vs. paragraphs, and a question about fillinrule Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2013 17:44:41 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: References: <20130912213144.GE23953@darjiling> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; Format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1379195100 6959 80.91.229.3 (14 Sep 2013 21:45:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2013 21:45:00 +0000 (UTC) To: Pavneet Arora , mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Sat Sep 14 23:45:02 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([5.39.185.229]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1VKxeH-0006IZ-2F for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Sat, 14 Sep 2013 23:45:01 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id D4C6510209; Sat, 14 Sep 2013 23:43:10 +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 8Xcw3SRyWgUY; Sat, 14 Sep 2013 23:43:08 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D055101F9; Sat, 14 Sep 2013 23:43:08 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 31C87101F9 for ; Sat, 14 Sep 2013 23:43:07 +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 GqYYeKxLQRxY for ; Sat, 14 Sep 2013 23:43:06 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from filter2-til.mf.surf.net (filter2-til.mf.surf.net [194.171.167.218]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 692D0101F7 for ; Sat, 14 Sep 2013 23:43:06 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from hackers.mr.itd.umich.edu (smtp.mail.umich.edu [141.211.14.81]) by filter2-til.mf.surf.net (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-9.4) with ESMTP id r8ELirvj028149 for ; Sat, 14 Sep 2013 23:44:54 +0200 Original-Received: FROM adi-netbook ((null) [135.0.233.198]) By hackers.mr.itd.umich.edu ID 5234D8C7.3C5E2.30808 ; Authuser adityam; 14 Sep 2013 17:44:39 EDT In-Reply-To: <20130912213144.GE23953@darjiling> User-Agent: Alpine 2.03 (LNX 1266 2009-07-14) X-Bayes-Prob: 0.0001 (Score 0, tokens from: @@RPTN) X-CanIt-Geo: ip=141.211.14.81; country=US; region=MI; city=Ann Arbor; postalcode=48109; latitude=42.2923; longitude=-83.7145; metrocode=505; areacode=734; http://maps.google.com/maps?q=42.2923,-83.7145&z=6 X-CanItPRO-Stream: uu:ntg-context@ntg.nl (inherits from uu:default, base:default) X-Canit-Stats-ID: 0TKp9IRWu - f7f425b72994 - 20130914 (trained as not-spam) X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 194.171.167.218 X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:84268 Archived-At: On Thu, 12 Sep 2013, Pavneet Arora wrote: > As part of this legal document set that I have been working to put > together, I needed side-by-side text. Looking at the wiki, I noticed > that there are at least 3 methods: columns, paragraphs, columnsets. > > I only attempted two, but they seem to have quite different results. I > understood that columns were for simple cases. However, in my MWE > below, the \column command breaks the "columns" in unusual way. > > One can also swap out the order of the paragraphs and columns methods; > the results are similar. Also, one can adjust the dorecurse command > with additional lorems to see where the "columns" land on the page. > Again results are similar. > > Any suggestions? What is the desired output? Do you want the left "column" to continue on to the next page? Is so, you could use the tabulate environment. \setuppaper[A5, landscape] \starttext \startalignment[middle] {\tfc AN IMPORTANT LEGAL DOCUMENT} \stopalignment \starttabulate[|p(0.5\textwidth)|p(0.1\textwidth)|p(0.4\textwidth)|] \NC WITNESSES: \fillinrules[n=15,interlinespace=small,width=broad,separator=]{1.} \fillinrules[n=15,interlinespace=small,width=broad,separator=]{2.} \fillinrules[n=15,interlinespace=small,width=broad,separator=]{3.} \fillinrules[n=15,interlinespace=small,width=broad,separator=]{4.} \fillinrules[n=15,interlinespace=small,width=broad,separator=]{5.} \NC \NC (TESTATOR)\crlf Ms. B.E. Def \NC \NR \NC WITNESSES: \fillinrules[n=15,interlinespace=small,width=broad,separator=]{1.} \fillinrules[n=15,interlinespace=small,width=broad,separator=]{2.} \fillinrules[n=15,interlinespace=small,width=broad,separator=]{3.} \fillinrules[n=15,interlinespace=small,width=broad,separator=]{4.} \fillinrules[n=15,interlinespace=small,width=broad,separator=]{5.} \NC \NC (TESTATOR)\crlf Ms. B.E. Def \NC \NR \stoptabulate \stoptext ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________