On Tue, 03 Jul 2018 15:30:18 -0600, Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد wrote:

Hi Martin, Wolfgang,

On Mon, 02 Jul 2018 14:41:31 -0600, Wolfgang Schuster wrote:

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Martin Hasoň mailto:martin.hason@gmail.com 1. Juli 2018 um 12:18 Hi all,

I need to type parallel text on double columns. I've tried paragraphs, tabulate, table and column environments.The best result of these options gives the tabulate.Unfortunately, it does not respect alignment - many \hbox errors in all environments except columns :(.What should I use and set up?

None of the table environments use the global alignment settings and you have to set them again to get better results for the content.

Martin, have you tried streams?

http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Columns#Streams

Under the examples you will find an example of a columnar, aligned streams setup - by Wolfgang.

Ok, needed a break from work, so for fun and for learning something new: ============== \setuppapersize[A4][A4] \defineparagraphs[TwoLang][n=2] \setuptabulate[split=yes] \setupalign[verytolerant,stretch] \starttext \showframe \startoutputstream[one] \setupalign[flushleft] \framedtext[width=17.4em,align=verytolerant,stretch,frame=on,offset=overlay] {\input lorem } \hfill \par \stopoutputstream \startoutputstream[two] \setupalign[flushright] \hfill \framedtext[width=17.4em,align=verytolerant,stretch,frame=on,offset=overlay] {\input davis } \par \stopoutputstream \synchronizestreams[one,two] \startoverlay {\raise2\strutdp\outputstreambox[one]} {\raise0\strutdp\outputstreambox[two]} \stopoverlay \startTwoLang \input lorem \nextTwoLang \input davis \stopTwoLang \starttabulate[|p|p|] \NC\input lorem \NC\input davis \NC\NR \stoptabulate \bTABLE[frame=off,align=yes,split=yes] \bTR \bTD[roffset=2mm]\input lorem\eTD \bTD[loffset=2mm]\input davis\eTD \eTR \eTABLE \startcolumns[n=2] \input lorem \column \input davis \stopcolumns \stoptext ============== The \raise2\strutdp etc. feels like a hack, Wolfgang knows better why it's needed, as as how and why the value for one stream affects the other.. Idris -- Idris Samawi Hamid, Professor Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80512