Steve -- On Tue, Dec 17, 2019, Steve Ross via wrote: > Is there a way in "mom" to force it to (more or less) evenly fill > both columns with text and then exit back to a single column mode?
Yes and no. :) It's a little hard to grasp precisely what you want from your ASCII representation, but assuming a page that has 2-column text at the top with some single-column, full-measure text underneath, you first have to balance the columns yourself using .COL_NEXT or .COL_BREAK. At the spot you want to break out of column mode, enter .SP .rr #COLUMNS .L_MARGIN \n[#DOC_L_MARGIN]u .LL \\n[#DOC_L_LENGTH]u Subsequent text will be over the full measure. If you wish to return to 2-column mode *on the same page*, enter .SP .nr #COLUMNS 1 .nr #COL_NUM 1 .L_MARGIN \n[#DOC_L_MARGIN]u .LL \n[#COL_L_LENGTH]u .COL_MARK If you wish to *break to a new page* after the full-measure text and reinstate 2-column mode, .nr #COLUMNS 1 .nr #COL_NUM 1 .LL \n[#COL_L_LENGTH]u .NEWPAGE .rr #NEWPAGE -- Peter Schaffter http://www.schaffter.ca