Re: [NTG-context] Fwd: Context question

Taco Hoekwater wrote:

Vit Zyka wrote:

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Adam Lindsay wrote:

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Has anyone got a solution/approach/example at hand?

---------------- Begin Forwarded Message ---------------- Subject: Re: (Stupid) Context question Date Sent: Wednesday, June 1, 2005 20:57 From: Musa Furber To: Adam Lindsay

Something I cannot do with LaTeX that I would like to be able to do is have the text on the first page be single column and starting with the second page have the text be double column - even if the page transition is in the middle of a paragraph.

Is this possible to do with ConTeXt?

I think so, see manual columns.pdf

But it is not possible to switch completely automatically, even without a mid-paragraph pagebreak, I'm afraid.

I believe that columset mechanism (based on pouring \parshape from paragraph to paragraph and output routine support) can do it. Even in the manual is an example. But I share your doubts in case of some complex pages (floats, margins, marks). But plain text should be OK. I am curious about the practical experience. vit