Hans van der Meer wrote:
> \simplecolumns have served me well. However, it seems a bit shy to
> respond to \setupcolumns (although in file page-mul.tex the definition
> of \setupcolumns preceeds that of \startsimplecolumns).
> For example, the following typesets 2 columns instead of 4; to set 4
> columns \startsimplecolumns[4] is required.
> \starttext
> \setupcolumns[n=4]
> \startsimplecolumns
> \input tufte
> \stopsimplecolumns
> \stoptext
>
> Can someone tell me if \setupcolumns has any effect on the typesetting
> of simplecolumns?
> Which parameters of those on \setupcolumns are effective in
> simplecolumns? Not all do, as for example rule=on seems to have no
> effect.
both mechanisms are completely unrelated, simple columns operates on a box
while start/stopcolumns operate on the main vertical list
Hans
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