Am 03.06.2013 um 21:45 schrieb Joshua Krämer
On Mon, 03 Jun 2013 21:00:49 +0200, Wolfgang Schuster has written:
Use mixed columns:
\setuplayout[grid=yes] \starttext \startmixedcolumns left \column right 1\\right 2 \stopmixedcolumns \stoptext
Thank you very much, this works! Now I wonder what the difference between regular and mixed columns is. I have not found any information about it; mixed columns aren't even mentioned in the manual. Can you tell me where to find a description?
Mixed columns are a rewrite of the old columns mechanism. It would ha been possible to use the new code for \startcolumns but Hans restrained himself from doing this because the new code produces a different output and ou have to force the new mechanism with \startmixedcolumns to use it. A advantage of the new environment is that you can use it in \startframedtext (with a few restrictions) where the old mechanism has failed.
I have an additional problem with columns: If I set distance= \baselineskip, it is bigger then \baselineskip. Even with distance=0pt, there is still a gap, maybe because of some minimum distance value. How can I get a smaller distance?
Do you have a example because there isn’t an space between the columns when you use “distance=0pt”. \starttext \startmixedcolumns[distance=0pt,separator=rule] \dorecurse{1000}{i } \stopmixedcolumns \stoptext Wolfgang