[NTG-context] simplecolumns

24 Feb 2007

      \simplecolumns have served me well. However, it seems a bit shy to  
respond to \setupcolumns (although in file page-mul.tex the  
definition of \setupcolumns preceeds that of \startsimplecolumns).
For example, the following typesets 2 columns instead of 4; to set 4  
columns \startsimplecolumns[4] is required.
\starttext
	\setupcolumns[n=4]
	\startsimplecolumns
	\input tufte
	\stopsimplecolumns
\stoptext

Can someone tell me if \setupcolumns has any effect on the  
typesetting of simplecolumns?
Which parameters of those on \setupcolumns are effective in  
simplecolumns? Not all do, as for example rule=on seems to have no  
effect.

Hans van der Meer