Ursula Hermann schrieb am 12.06.2019 um 11:55:

Hello List!

 

\setuppapersize[A4]

\setupexternalfigures

  [location=default]

 

\setupbodyfont[Computer Modern Roman ,rm, tfx 7pt]

\setupbodyfont[7pt]

everything else can be removed because

1. "rm" is the default style in most typescripts

2. there is no typescript with the name "Computer Modern Roman"

3. "tfx" is a font switch in the document

\setupindenting

  [yes, small]

 

\setupwhitespace

  [small]

\setupcombination

   [location=top,

    distance=\spaceamount]

\bTABLE[align=flushleft,columndistance=0.1em]

   \bTR

     \bTD[width=.2\textwidth]Small \eTD

     \bTD[width=0.05\textwidth] \eTD

   \eTR

\eTABLE

 

\setupexternalfigures

  [location=default]

 

\setupindenting

  [yes, small]

 

\setupwhitespace

  [small]

\definecolor [rosybrown:1][h=FFBCB3]

\defineframedtext

[prettyblock]

  [width=10cm,

   indenting={yes, small},

   background=color, backgroundcolor=rosybrown:1,

   foreground=color, foregroundcolor=black,

   offset=2mm,

   align=flushleft]

 

\starttext

 

\startprettyblock[width=7.5 cm,align={flushleft}]

\noindentation  The Earth, as a habitat for animal life, is in old age and has a fatal illness. Several, in fact.

\stopprettyblock

Below, we have two separate columns; but up here, for the nonce, we have but the one.

 

\startcolumns [n=2]

  Text, text, text \dots

  all in the first column

\column

  Words, words, words \dots

  all in the second column.

\stopcolumns

\stoptext

 

\startcolumns[n=2]

\input ward

\column

\input weisman

\stopcolumns

 

After installing ConTeXt in WinEdt:

Command Line:   C:\Users\Hermann\Downloads\context-mswin\bin\mtxrun.exe --synctex=-1 "melon.tex"

Change "mtxrun.exe" to "context.exe" or "mtxrun.exe --script context".

Wolfgang