[NTG-context] Re: \startcolumns and \startcolumnset

8 Feb 2024

      Dear Dalyoung,

Have you tried 
\startsimplecolumns

\stopsimplecolumns
 instead of the columnset mechanism?

In your example I put the above commands and I got the attached PDF: is this what you want to obtain?

Best regards: Otared
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On 9 Feb 2024, at 02:22, Jeong Dal via ntg-context  wrote:
Dear all,
I have a little problem to use “columns” in the following example.
If I use “\startcolumnset”, then I have the following problems:
  1. The figures is aligned left even though I use \startplacefigure[].
  2. In the second column, the first item located at the end of the page.
However, \vfill works, so I managed the items evenly spaced vertically.
If I use “\startcolumns”, then I have the following problems:
  1. \vfill doesn’t works, but \blank[] works. So, it isn’t easy to locate the items evenly spaced vertically.
Here are sample code and its outputs of two cases for comparison.
Any suggestions are welcomed.
Tomorrow is the New Years day in Lunar calendar.
Happy new year, again.
Best regards,
Dalyoung
%%%%%%%
\startuseMPgraphic{mark}
path p;
p := unitsquare scaled 3cm;
draw p;
draw (point 0 of p)--(point 2 of p);
draw (point 1 of p)--(point 3 of p);
\stopuseMPgraphic
\startuseMPgraphic{verticalrule3}
   draw rightboundary OverlayBox shifted (1mm,0); %if CurrentColumn = 1: shifted(-2mm,0) fi ;
   draw leftboundary OverlayBox shifted (-1mm,0); %if CurrentColumn = 2: shifted(2mm,0) fi ;  
   draw bottomboundary OverlayBox leftenlarged 1mm rightenlarged 1mm;
   draw topboundary OverlayBox leftenlarged 1mm rightenlarged 1mm;
\stopuseMPgraphic
\defineoverlay
  [verticalrule]
  [\useMPgraphic{verticalrule3}]
\setuppagenumbering[state=stop]
\setupexternalfigures[location={local,defalut}]
\definecolumnset
  [quiz]
  [n=2,background=verticalrule]
\setupbodyfont[bonum, rm, 11pt]
\starttext
%\startcolumns[n=2,background=verticalrule]
\startcolumnset[quiz]
\startitemize[n]
  \item Solve the following linear equations.
\startitemize[r]
    \item equation
%    \blank[3.5cm]
    \vfill
    \item equation
%    \blank[3.5cm]
    \vfill
    \item equation
    \blank[3.5cm]
    \item equation
    \blank[3.5cm]
    \item equation
    \blank[3.5cm]
  \stopitemize
  \hrule
\column
  \item Draw the graph of the following linear function.
    \startitemize[r]
    \item $2x +3y = 6$
\startplacefigure[location={here,none},]
    \useMPgraphic{mark}
    \stopplacefigure
\item $y = 2x - 1$
\startplacefigure[location={here,none}]
    \useMPgraphic{mark}
    \stopplacefigure
    \stopitemize
\item Find the formula of the line 1:
  \vfill
  \item Find the formula of the line 2:
  \vfill
\stopitemize
\stopcolumnset
\stoptext
%%%%%%%%%%

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