Background color spaning columns.
I am trying change the background color of some text. It works fine if I am using one column. It also works fine if I am using multiple columns, but restricting my background color changes to only a single line of text in a column. However, if I have a section that I want to I change, and that section spans more than one line in a given column it does not work. What happens is that the background starts to change where you have indicated; however, instead of stopping at the end of the column, the background color changes for the entire text. See the subject entitled "Problem 1" below for an example. Is there a fix for this (and no, using a single column is not a solution.) Problem #2 is the same thing only the background change starts in the first column and extends to the second. In this case the output is even worse. It's difficult to describe, so run the code. Solutions? Thanks, Bart ******************************* * Sample Code --- #1 ******************************* \setupcolors[state=start] \definetextbackground[highlight][ backgroundcolor=yellow, frame=off, location=text, color=black] \definestartstop[Highlight][ before={\starttextbackground[highlight]}, after=\stoptextbackground] \starttext \subject{Problem 1} \startcolumns It was a· \starthighlight dark· and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents --- except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a· violent\stoptextbackground~ gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the housetops, and fiercely agitating the scanty flame of the lamps that struggled against the darkness. \stopcolumns \subject{Problem 2} \startcolumns It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents --- except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which· \starthighlight· swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the housetops, and fiercely agitating the scanty flame \stophighlight of the lamps that struggled against the darkness. \stopcolumns \stoptext
On Mon, 3 Mar 2008, Bart Wise wrote:
I am trying change the background color of some text. It works fine if I am using one column. It also works fine if I am using multiple columns, but restricting my background color changes to only a single line of text in a column.
I have encountered this problem in the past. This is a limitations of the simple column mechanism.
However, if I have a section that I want to I change, and that section spans more than one line in a given column it does not work. What happens is that the background starts to change where you have indicated; however, instead of stopping at the end of the column, the background color changes for the entire text. See the subject entitled "Problem 1" below for an example. Is there a fix for this (and no, using a single column is not a solution.)
Use columnsets. They are not as easy and simple as columns, but they provide a lot more features. See the columnset manual for details about using them. Aditya
Thanks for the insight. I'll give it a try with columnsets. Bart On Monday March 3 2008, Aditya Mahajan wrote:
On Mon, 3 Mar 2008, Bart Wise wrote:
I am trying change the background color of some text. It works fine if I am using one column. It also works fine if I am using multiple columns, but restricting my background color changes to only a single line of text in a column.
I have encountered this problem in the past. This is a limitations of the simple column mechanism.
However, if I have a section that I want to I change, and that section spans more than one line in a given column it does not work. What happens is that the background starts to change where you have indicated; however, instead of stopping at the end of the column, the background color changes for the entire text. See the subject entitled "Problem 1" below for an example. Is there a fix for this (and no, using a single column is not a solution.)
Use columnsets. They are not as easy and simple as columns, but they provide a lot more features. See the columnset manual for details about using them.
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