Re: [NTG-context] columnset issues

27 Jan 2020

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Am 2020-01-27 um 20:28 schrieb Wolfgang Schuster :
Henning Hraban Ramm schrieb am 27.01.2020 um 10:31:
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Am 2020-01-26 um 13:07 schrieb Henning Hraban Ramm :
I thought I’d try columnset areas for the placement of ads:
This MWE shows better what’s going on:
The "area" space is reserved as requested, but its contents get placed elsewhere.
\usemodule[visual]
\useMPlibrary[dum]
\definecolor[fakerulecolor][gray]
\setuplayout[
  grid=yes,
]
\showframe[text]
\showgrid
\definecolumnset[Two][
  n=2,
  page=no,
]
%\definecolumnsetspan[TwoSpan][n=2]
\definecolumnsetarea[AdSpace][
  x=1,y=21,
  nx=1,ny=21,
  state=stop,
  frame=on,
  framecolor=magenta,
]
\starttext
\startcolumnset[Two]
\dorecurse{10}{\fakewords{100}{120}\par}
\setupcolumnsetarea[AdSpace][state=start]
\setupcolumnsetareatext[AdSpace]{\externalfigure[MyAd][width=\textwidth,height=0.45\textheight]}
You need brackets for both argument, i.e. \setupcolumnsetareatext[...][...] but even then your example only works when I place the areatext before \startcolumnset.
Ah, thank you!
But even if I put the commands before \startcolumnset, the "AdSpace" appears on the second page. While this was the intention of the example, it seems like I can’t control on which page my ads/images appear.

In my actual project, all the defined columnsetareas show up on the second page (where the first columnset starts), even though all have state=stop, and never show up again where I set state=start.

I wanted to use it like

\define[2]\Anzeige{%
  \setupcolumnsetareatext[ad#1][{\externalfigure[#2][width=\overlaywidth]}]
  \setupcolumnsetarea[ad#1][state=start]
}

I also tried to just reserve the space with columnsetareas and place the ads with \setlayer; that would work if I could control the placement of the areas...

Since I must complete this project within this week, I already started from scratch in my layout program (switched from my old InDesign to Affinity Publisher – much cheaper but even less fun). Seems like I overestimated ConTeXt’s (and my) readiness for this kind of layout. A pity.

Greetlings, Hraban
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