Hans points out that you need to use:
\setuplayout [grid=yes]
with columnsets (and floats).
You can also try "pagecolumns", yet another mechanism, each has its own
charm. ;-)
Alan
On Tue, 17 Apr 2018 12:59:46 +1200
Henri Menke <henrime...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear list,
>
> I wanted to make a conference poster in ConTeXt MKIV using the
> newcolumnsets. However, when I use floats weird shit is happening.
> Is this intended or am I doing something seriously wrong? MWE
> below, output of latest beta attached.
>
> Cheers, Henri
>
> ---
>
> \setuppapersize[A0]
> \setupbodyfont[sans,25pt]
>
> \usemodule[newcolumnsets]
>
> \definecolumnset
> [threecolumn]
> [n=3]
>
> \setupcolumnset
> [threecolumn]
> [distance=3cm]
>
> \starttext
>
> \startcolumnset[threecolumn]
>
> \input lorem
>
> \column
>
> \input zapf\par
>
> \startplacefigure[title={\input zapf\par}]
> \externalfigure[dummy][width=\textwidth]
> \stopplacefigure
>
> \input hawking\par
>
> \column
>
> \input Douglas\par
>
> \input bryson\par
>
> \startplacefigure[title={\input bryson\par}]
> \externalfigure[dummy][width=\textwidth]
> \stopplacefigure
>
> \stopcolumnset
>
> \stoptext
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