At 04:32 PM 4/18/2002 +0200, Andres Loeh wrote:
>Here is another problem I have with columns:
>
>\starttext
>
>% works as intended
>\startcolumns [n=2]
>
>\input zapf
>
>\input tufte
>
>\stopcolumns
>
>% no column break at \column
>\startcolumns [n=2]
>
>\input zapf
>
>\column
>
>\input tufte
>
>\stopcolumns
>
>\stoptext
>
>In the second part, I do not get the column break at the place where I say
>\column. If I replace \column with \column [yes], I get a _page_ break
>instead of a column break ...
this column mechanism really tries hard to balance columns;
it may help if your turn on grid snapping
also, there are columnsets to play with ...
\definecolumnset[two][n=2]
\startcolumnset[two]
\placefigure [btrl] {} {\framed[height=3cm,width=4cm]{guess what}}
bla \column bla
\stopcolumnset
Hans
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