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At 21:51 22/04/2003 +0100, you wrote:
The weird bit that I doubt I'll be able to handle given ConTeXt as it is today is doing an inner column/outer column alternation. Consider the following 2-page spread:
----------------- ----------------- | | | | | EN EN NL NL | | NL NL EN EN | | ENEN NLNL | | Chapter 3 N | |N ENEN NL NL | | NLNL ENEN o | |o ... ... | | ... ... t | |t ... ... | | ... ... e | |e ... ... | | ... ... | ----------------- -----------------
The english translation is on the outer column, with margin notes also hanging around. I can imagine this use is pretty unique, though. I'll look at the "Misc" macros and see if I can be creative with the "simple- minded" stuff.
\starttext \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided] \long\def\StartSideBySide#1\OtherSide#2\StopSideBySide {\doifrightpageelse {\starttabulate[|p|p|] \NC #1 \NC #2 \NC \NR \stoptabulate} {\starttabulate[|p|p|] \NC #2 \NC #1 \NC \NR \stoptabulate}} \StartSideBySide \input tufte \OtherSide \input knuth \StopSideBySide \page \StartSideBySide \input tufte \OtherSide \input knuth \StopSideBySide \stoptext (you need to manipulate the pages yourself, as said: more clever things are possible, but currently i lack the time ... ask again in a few months) Hans ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE | pragma@wxs.nl Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: +31 (0)38 477 53 69 | fax: +31 (0)38 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- information: http://www.pragma-ade.com/roadmap.pdf documentation: http://www.pragma-ade.com/showcase.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------