thanks, that works now. but do you also know the answer to the second bug:
When you uncomment the lines (testfile below) the columnset gets 2 lines shorter! I experienced this when I added before the literature component a catalogue component that uses a structure like the commented lines do. So I had two separate files actually! Steffen \starttext \showframe \showgrid % oiuoiuoiuoiuoi \footnote{aaaa} % \startcolumns[balance=yes,rule=off,n=2,distance=1cm] % text \par % text % \stopcolumns % gfdgfdgfdgfdgfdgfd \footnote{bbb} % \page \definecolumnset[litera][n=2,distance=1cm] \startcolumnset[litera] \dorecurse{10}{test \input zapf \input ward} \stopcolumnset \stoptext h h extern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Steffen Wolfrum wrote: > > Hi, > > > > please have a look at testfile below: > > without a footnote everything works fine, > > but with the footnote the columnset gets crashed! > > this is a tricky situation: > > - the note is built in one column mode > - but flushed in column mode (dus to postponing) > - so actually what you see is a mixture > > you may try: > > \starttext > > \chapter{Heading\notesymbol[x]} > > \definecolumnset[litera][n=2,distance=1cm] > > \startcolumnset[litera] > > \footnotetext[x]{xx}\dorecurse{10}{test \input zapf \input ward} > > \stopcolumnset > \stoptext > > or > > \starttext > > \definecolumnset[litera][n=2,distance=1cm] > \definecolumnsetspan[litera][n=2] > > \startcolumnset[litera] > > \startcolumnsetspan[litera] > \chapter{Heading\notesymbol[x]} > \stopcolumnsetspan > > \footnotetext[x]{xx}\dorecurse{10}{test \input zapf \input ward} > > \stopcolumnset > \stoptext > > > > > I noticed this bug in a bigger book project: > > The columnset is at the end as a seperate document (\component). > > And the footnote was added 300 pages and 5 component files before !!! > > > > As this footnote was one of the last changes that were done > > before I wanted to send the book to the printer > > a fast help would be very much appreciated. > > > > Sorry, but it's really quite urgent - > > > > Steffen > > > > %&context > > \starttext > > \chapter{Heading\footnote{x}} > > > > \definecolumnset[litera][n=2,distance=1cm] > > > > \startcolumnset[litera] > > > > \dorecurse{10}{test \input zapf \input ward} > > > > > > \stopcolumnset > > \stoptext > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE > Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands > tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com > | www.pragma-pod.nl > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > ntg-context mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context _______________________________________________ ntg-context mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context