On Tue, May 14, 2019 at 10:39 AM Hans Hagen <j.ha...@xs4all.nl> wrote: > > On 5/13/2019 5:59 PM, Mikael P. Sundqvist wrote: > > Den lör 11 maj 2019 10:28Mikael P. Sundqvist <mic...@gmail.com > > <mailto:mic...@gmail.com>> skrev: > > > > Hi, > > > > I have for some hours tried to understand how to work with > > columnsetspans (I'm trying with an updated lmtx), and have some > > questions. > > > > 1) Is it only the floats that has the long list of placement options > > (given on p. 18 in the columnsets manual), or should they also apply > > to columnsetspans and columnsetareas? (I cannot get it to work with > > "default=fxtb:2*10" and similar options for other elements than > > floats). It would be useful to have it for other type of elements as > > well. > > > > 2) What is the current correct way to get back on grid after formulas? > > The only key that had lead me to something that seems to work in > > \setupformulas is "option=depth". Is that the way to go? > > > > 3) This is a bit unrelated, but is it possible to set page backgrounds > > on specific page. Something like \setupbackgrounds[page][page=3, ...] > > (I cannot find any keys for this in setup-en.pdf). Right now I can set > > it for an odd and an even page, but then if I want a background on the > > page after that, I have to put that code at the place where it will be > > used. (I got an error with \startpostponing[+1] ... \stoppostponing) > > > > 4) To be a bit more concrete on the first issue: In the example below, > > how can I place the columnsetspan at the bottom right? Second and > > third column, 10 lines down? I attach the result of running this file. > > > > /Mikael > > > > \setuplayout[grid=yes] > > \showgrid > > \definecolumnset[three][n=3] > > > > \definecolumnsetspan[two][ > > n=2, > > background=color, > > backgroundcolor=lightgray, > > ] > > > > \starttext > > \startcolumnset[three] > > \samplefile{knuth} > > > > \startcolumnsetspan[two][default=btrl] > > \samplefile{ward} > > \stopcolumnsetspan > > > > \dorecurse{5}{\samplefile{knuth}\par} > > \stopcolumnset > > \stoptext > > > > > > Hi! > > > > I have looked more carefully at the columnsets manual, and it looks like > > (parts of) the columnsets mechanism is somehow broken at the moment, > > since some of the examples there are not showing what they are supposed to. > > the mkii mechanism has been replaced by a new one but it's not > completely compatible (these placements are actually for floats and > spans were just a special kind abusing that mechanism) > > > Can this be confirmed? Is there a plan to get it to work soon again? > i'll put it on the todo list > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE > Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands > tel: 038 477 53 69 | www.pragma-ade.nl | www.pragma-pod.nl > -----------------------------------------------------------------
Hi! Many thanks for your reply! Then I stop my playing with it now (several things work and it looks quite nice!). I really appreciate any effort in this direction, since I think this grid+column functionality is a very nice feature to have!! /Mikael ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://context.aanhet.net archive : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________
