spread box contents [trying again]

spread box contents [trying again]

[Idris Samawi Hamid]

Hi gang,

Did not get any feedback, I'll try again:
==================================
Date: 2007-03-02 07:34 -700

Hmm, no reply yet, maybe the following is more interesting:

On Thu, 01 Mar 2007 12:30:42 -0700, Idris Samawi Hamid
<ishamid.at.remove.this.colostate.edu> wrote:

> How can I evenly spread the contents of a box or column-row? In PlainTeX
> there is
>
> \hbox{Here\hfill is\hfill an\hfill evenly\hfill spread\hfill line.}
>
> but there must be a better (read "ConTeXt-") way. I looked into thisyears
> ago and may have found the answer; but I've forgotten it...

===================================
\starttext

\defineparagraphs[TwoColumns][n=2,distance=2cm]
\setupparagraphs[TwoColumns][each][width=5cm,tolerance=stretch]
\setupframedtexts[frame=off]
      \startframedtext[middle]
      \startalignment[middle]
      \startTwoColumns
      \hbox spread \textwidth{Here is the first line 1a}
      \TwoColumns
      Here \hfill is \hfill the \hfill first \hfill line \hfill 1b
      \stopTwoColumns
      \startTwoColumns
      Here \hfill is \hfill the \hfill second \hfill line \hfill 2a
      \TwoColumns
      Here \hfill is \hfill the \hfill second \hfill line \hfill 2b
      \stopTwoColumns
      \stopalignment
      \stopframedtext

\stoptext
==============================

How can I get the first column right? Note that, according to the manual,
\textwidth gives the width of a column but in this case it apparently
gives a full \hsize.

RELATED QUESTION: How can I control the distance between rows? I do not
want any extra whitespace between rows (i.e., except the normal
interparagraph space).

Please advise!

Best
Idris

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Re: spread box contents [trying again]

[Sanjoy Mahajan]

I don't know if this method qualifies as a ConTeXt way, but it's what
I would do in plain tex, and it works in ConTeXt:

\starttext
\line{\spaceskip0pt plus 1fil\relax hello how are you}
\stoptext

-Sanjoy

`Not all those who wander are lost.' (J.R.R. Tolkien)

Re: spread box contents [trying again]

[Idris Samawi Hamid]

Thank you, Sanjoy, this will help me write a spread macro.

But I can't help thinking there's a context-way to do this, it seems like  
such a mundane operation...

Best
Idris

On Wed, 07 Mar 2007 10:38:34 -0700, Sanjoy Mahajan <sanjoy@mrao.cam.ac.uk>  
wrote:

> I don't know if this method qualifies as a ConTeXt way, but it's what
> I would do in plain tex, and it works in ConTeXt:
>
> \starttext
> \line{\spaceskip0pt plus 1fil\relax hello how are you}
> \stoptext

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Re: spread box contents [trying again]

[Sanjoy Mahajan]

By the way, the \relax may not be needed.  It's like garlic for
vampires.  It may help and I haven't learnt enough about TeX's parser
to know whether I should put it in.  So I was being safe and lazy.

-Sanjoy

`Not all those who wander are lost.' (J.R.R. Tolkien)

Re: spread box contents [trying again]

[Willi Egger]

Hi Idris,

I played with an example derived from the columns manual:

\definecolumnset[example][n=2]
\definecolumnsetspan[wide][n=2,background=screen]
\setuptolerance[verytolerant,stretch]
\setupcolors[state=start]

\starttext
	\startcolumnset[example]
	\startcolumnsetspan[wide]
		\stretched{Here is the first line 1a}
	\stopcolumnsetspan
	\input tufte
		Here is the second line 2a
	\column
	\input tufte
		Here is the second line 2a
	\stopcolumnset
\stoptext

I do hope, that this is giving you a clue.

On Mar 7, 2007, at 5:47 PM, Idris Samawi Hamid wrote:

> Hi gang,
>
> Did not get any feedback, I'll try again:
> ==================================
> Date: 2007-03-02 07:34 -700
>
> Hmm, no reply yet, maybe the following is more interesting:
>
> On Thu, 01 Mar 2007 12:30:42 -0700, Idris Samawi Hamid
> <ishamid.at.remove.this.colostate.edu> wrote:
>
>> How can I evenly spread the contents of a box or column-row? In  
>> PlainTeX
>> there is
>>
>> \hbox{Here\hfill is\hfill an\hfill evenly\hfill spread\hfill line.}
>>
>> but there must be a better (read "ConTeXt-") way. I looked into  
>> thisyears
>> ago and may have found the answer; but I've forgotten it...
>
> ===================================
> \starttext
>
> \defineparagraphs[TwoColumns][n=2,distance=2cm]
> \setupparagraphs[TwoColumns][each][width=5cm,tolerance=stretch]
> \setupframedtexts[frame=off]
>       \startframedtext[middle]
>       \startalignment[middle]
>       \startTwoColumns
>       \hbox spread \textwidth{Here is the first line 1a}
>       \TwoColumns
>       Here \hfill is \hfill the \hfill first \hfill line \hfill 1b
>       \stopTwoColumns
>       \startTwoColumns
>       Here \hfill is \hfill the \hfill second \hfill line \hfill 2a
>       \TwoColumns
>       Here \hfill is \hfill the \hfill second \hfill line \hfill 2b
>       \stopTwoColumns
>       \stopalignment
>       \stopframedtext
>
> \stoptext
> ==============================
>
> How can I get the first column right? Note that, according to the  
> manual,
> \textwidth gives the width of a column but in this case it apparently
> gives a full \hsize.
>
> RELATED QUESTION: How can I control the distance between rows? I do  
> not
> want any extra whitespace between rows (i.e., except the normal
> interparagraph space).
>
> Please advise!
>
> Best
> Idris
>
> -- 
> Professor Idris Samawi Hamid
> Department of Philosophy
> Colorado State University
> Fort Collins, CO 80523
>
> --
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Willi Egger
w.egger@boede.nl

Re: spread box contents [trying again]

[Idris Samawi Hamid]

Hi Willi,

On Wed, 07 Mar 2007 15:10:18 -0700, Willi Egger <w.egger@boede.nl> wrote:

> 		\stretched{Here is the first line 1a}

\stretched!!! That was it! I looked in the Layout chapter of the manual,  
but it was in the Typography chapter.

What a gangster! THNX, Willi.

Best
Idris

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Department of Philosophy
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523

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