At 10:28 PM 11/12/2001 +0100, you wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I would like to be able to obtain balanced columns with a gray
>background.
>
>If I use the background option in the startcolumns command I do
>get a background for each column, but there is an annoying (for
>me) gray space in the space left between the column. Even setting
>distance=0pt doesn't help here. (BTW, there is an error in
>TeXShow, because option=background and option=none|empty are
>listed separately)
>
>If OTOH I use startcolumns inside a vbox inside a framed, columns
>don't get balanced, even if I set balance=yes. I noticed that the
>vbox is enough to cancel the balancing. But it's needed if I must
>use the framed.
>
>Any ideas?
You don't want to know this, do you?
\starttext
\setupcolors[state=start]
\definetextbackground[gb][state=start]
\definetextbackground[bg][state=start,backgroundcolor=red]
\definetextbackground[gg][state=start,backgroundcolor=green]
\starttextbackground[gb]
\input tufte \par
\input tufte \par
\startnarrower
\starttextbackground[bg]
\input tufte
\starttextbackground[gg]
Now, who is this GB?
\stoptextbackground
\input tufte
\stoptextbackground
\stopnarrower
\input tufte \par
\startcolumns
\input tufte \par
\stopcolumns
\startcolumns
\starttextbackground[gg]
\input tufte
\stoptextbackground
\stopcolumns
\stoptextbackground
\stoptext
BTW, for running text this works ok, even with hanging indentation and so.
If I have time i will see if i can make backgrounds support columns, but
this is not trivial (something is already build into the column set
mechanism).
Hans
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