On 4/11/08, Roman Sigg <rosigg@access.uzh.ch> wrote:
>
> Hello
>
> For a publication project in phonetics and dialectology I'd like to
> print the phonetic transcription and the dialect text in a two column
> setup. I would be interested to use context for that (more
> flexibility than LaTeX), but every new paragraph is printed on a new
> page (as Henning Hraban Ramm posted earlier). Is there a work around
> other than using two pages?
>
> Thanks,
> Roman
>
> Universität Zürich
> Phonogrammarchiv
> Roman Sigg
> Rämistr. 71
> 8006 Zürich
>
> Fon +41 44 634 39 90
> Fax +41 44 634 49 68
> rosigg@access.uzh.ch
>
> http://www.phonogrammarchiv.uzh.ch



Hi,

perhaps the streams module can help you? I use it to set texts and
theirs translations on
facing pages. You can find an example below. (It came over this list a while
ago.)

Kind regards

Chris



%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\usemodule[streams]

\def\StartCouple{\page\SwitchToNormal}
\def\StopCouple {\SwitchToNormal \SynchronizeLeftAndRight
\FlushLeftAndRight}
\def\Original {\SwitchToNormal\SynchronizeLeftAndRight\SwitchToLeft}
\def\Translation{\SwitchToRight}

%%So you put the part of your document where synchronization should
%%take place between \StartCouple and \StopCouple. After that ,
%%\Original and \Translation switches between even and odd pages.
\starttext

\scale[width=\textwidth,height=\textheight,factor=fit]{\ss m-streams}
\page

\StartCouple

\Original
this is an original text \crlf
\input knuth
%\blank[1cm]

\Translation
THIS IS THE TRANSLATION \crlf
\input tufte

\Original
\ss this is an original text \crlf
\input knuth

\Translation
\ss THIS IS THE TRANSLATION \crlf
\input tufte

\StopCouple

\stoptext