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@ 2013-09-12 21:31 Pavneet Arora
  2013-09-14 21:44 ` Aditya Mahajan
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From: Pavneet Arora @ 2013-09-12 21:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
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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?

Another question:  I am trying to have the numbers in the \fillinrule 
command to be hanging so that the rules are lined up.  Is this possible, 
and if so how best to do it?

advTHANKSance.

MWE:

\setuppapersize[letter]
\setuplayout[header=0in,footer=0in,topspace=0.75in,height=9.5in,backspace=1.25in,width=6in]
\setuppagenumbering[location=]
\usemodule[simplefonts]
\setmainfont[gentiumalt]
\setupbodyfont[11pt]
\setupinterlinespace[line=3.2ex]
\setupwhitespace[big]

\starttext
\startalignment[middle]
{\tfc AN IMPORTANT LEGAL DOCUMENT}
\stopalignment
\blank[2*big]

\dorecurse{1}{\input lorem\par}

\blank[2*big]

{\tt paragraphs} method:

\defineparagraphs[mypar][n=3,before={\blank},after={\blank}]
\setupparagraphs[mypar][1][width=.5\textwidth]
\setupparagraphs[mypar][2][width=.1\textwidth]
\setupparagraphs[mypar][3][width=.4\textwidth]

\startmypar
WITNESSES:
\fillinrules[n=3,interlinespace=small,width=broad,separator=]{1.}
\fillinrules[n=3,interlinespace=small,width=broad,separator=]{2.}
\mypar
\mypar
(TESTATOR)\crlf
Ms. B.E. Def\crlf
\stopmypar

{\tt columns} method:

\startcolumns[n=2]
WITNESSES:
\fillinrules[n=3,interlinespace=small,width=broad,separator=]{1.}
\fillinrules[n=3,interlinespace=small,width=broad,separator=]{2.}
\column
(TESTATOR)\crlf
Mr. B.E. Def\crlf
\stopcolumns

\stoptext

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