Arranging columns (rotated U-Shape). Do you know a way to do in ConTeXt (with or without column sets)?
Dear readers. Using ConTeXt MkIV. I try to figure out how to use column sets such that one can place a column seperately beside other columns. I did not found a way. The setup for columnsets should look like a rotated U-shape %% /Page 1 _________________\ %% +------+ +------+ +------+ %% | | |cset-1| |cset-1| %% |cset-3| +------+ +------+ %% | | %% | | +------+ +------+ %% | | |cset-2| |cset-2| %% +------+ +------+ +------+ Text should flow inside cset-1 columns automatically, without need to force column break by hand (like \column). I get something like %% /Page 1 _________________\ %% +------+ +------+ %% |cset-1| |cset-1| %% +------+ +------+ %% %% +------+ +------+ %% |cset-2| |cset-2| %% +------+ +------+ %% %% /Page 2 _________________\ %% +------+ %% | | %% |cset-3| %% | | %% | | %% | | %% +------+ Is it possible to do with columnsets? Are there other ways without columnsets? Thank you for reading. Regards, Leonard Siebeneicher _____ My ConTeXt-File looks like %% begin file %% vvvvvvvvvv \usemodule[visual] \definecolumnset[cset-1][n=3,balance=yes] \definecolumnset[cset-2][n=3,balance=yes] \definecolumnset[cset-3][n=3,balance=yes] %% ??? \starttext\showgrid \setupcolumnsetlines[cset-1][1][1][18] \setupcolumnsetlines[cset-1][1][2][18] \setupcolumnsetlines[cset-1][1][3][18] \startcolumnset[cset-1]\dorecurse{2}{\column\fakewords{25}{50}}\stopcolumnset \setupcolumnsetstart[cset-2][1][1][20] \setupcolumnsetstart[cset-2][1][2][20] \setupcolumnsetstart[cset-2][1][3][20] \startcolumnset[cset-2]\dorecurse{2}{\column\fakewords{25}{50}}\stopcolumnset %% Now lets return to line 1 on page 1 to overlap columns \setupcolumnsetstart[cset-3][1][1][1] \setupcolumnsetstart[cset-3][1][2][1] \setupcolumnsetstart[cset-3][1][3][1] \startcolumnset[cset-3]\dorecurse{2}{\fakewords{25}{50}}\stopcolumnset \stoptext %% Oops, a second page has been added
Dear readers, I am not sure that I explained my goal that well. It is about using context for a column-based monthly journal. Trying to achieve similar layout with context as I achieved with InDesign before, I ran into problems I cannot resolve. The U-Shape overlaps columns in a way I cannot achieve, but this is meant to be a simpler case of something more general. AAAAAAAAAAAA | UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU | AAAAA AAAAA | UUUUU IMAGE_IMAGE_ UUUUU AAAAA AAAAA | UUUUU IMAGE_IMAGE_ UUUUU AAAAA AAAAA | UUUUU IMAGE_IMAGE_ UUUUU AAAAA AAAAA | UUUUU IMAGE_IMAGE_ UUUUU AAAAA AAAAA | UUUUU UUUUU -------------+ UUUUU UUUUU UUUUU UUUUU BBBBBBBBBBBB | UUUUU UUUUU UUUUU UUUUU | UUUUU UUUUU UUUUU UUUUU BBBBB BBBBB | UUUUU UUUUU UUUUU UUUUU BBBBB BBBBB | UUUUU UUUUU UUUUU UUUUU BBBBB BBBBB | UUUUU UUUUU UUUUU UUUUU BBBBB BBBBB | UUUUU UUUUU UUUUU UUUUU BBBBB BBBBB | UUUUU UUUUU UUUUU UUUUU It shows three articles (marked with letters A B and U). I hope this email shows font in fixed width on your email-client. You can see how columns are arranged. I do not have any idea how to achieve such layout with ConTeXt at the moment. On the current journal I layout it would be enough to achieve the simpler rotated U-Shape. Regards, Leonard On 13.11.2015 11:47, Leonard Siebeneicher wrote:
Dear readers.
Using ConTeXt MkIV. I try to figure out how to use column sets such that one can place a column seperately beside other columns. I did not found a way.
The setup for columnsets should look like a rotated U-shape
%% /Page 1 _________________\ %% +------+ +------+ +------+ %% | | |cset-1| |cset-1| %% |cset-3| +------+ +------+ %% | | %% | | +------+ +------+ %% | | |cset-2| |cset-2| %% +------+ +------+ +------+
Text should flow inside cset-1 columns automatically, without need to force column break by hand (like \column).
I get something like
%% /Page 1 _________________\ %% +------+ +------+ %% |cset-1| |cset-1| %% +------+ +------+ %% %% +------+ +------+ %% |cset-2| |cset-2| %% +------+ +------+ %% %% /Page 2 _________________\ %% +------+ %% | | %% |cset-3| %% | | %% | | %% | | %% +------+
Is it possible to do with columnsets? Are there other ways without columnsets?
Thank you for reading.
Regards,
Leonard Siebeneicher
_____ My ConTeXt-File looks like
%% begin file %% vvvvvvvvvv
\usemodule[visual]
\definecolumnset[cset-1][n=3,balance=yes] \definecolumnset[cset-2][n=3,balance=yes] \definecolumnset[cset-3][n=3,balance=yes] %% ???
\starttext\showgrid \setupcolumnsetlines[cset-1][1][1][18] \setupcolumnsetlines[cset-1][1][2][18] \setupcolumnsetlines[cset-1][1][3][18] \startcolumnset[cset-1]\dorecurse{2}{\column\fakewords{25}{50}}\stopcolumnset
\setupcolumnsetstart[cset-2][1][1][20] \setupcolumnsetstart[cset-2][1][2][20] \setupcolumnsetstart[cset-2][1][3][20] \startcolumnset[cset-2]\dorecurse{2}{\column\fakewords{25}{50}}\stopcolumnset
%% Now lets return to line 1 on page 1 to overlap columns \setupcolumnsetstart[cset-3][1][1][1] \setupcolumnsetstart[cset-3][1][2][1] \setupcolumnsetstart[cset-3][1][3][1] \startcolumnset[cset-3]\dorecurse{2}{\fakewords{25}{50}}\stopcolumnset \stoptext %% Oops, a second page has been added
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