Dear readers.
Using ConTeXt MkIV.
I try to figure out how to use column sets such that one can place a
column seperately beside other columns. I did not found a way.
The setup for columnsets should look like a rotated U-shape
%% /Page 1 _________________\
%% +------+ +------+ +------+
%% | | |cset-1| |cset-1|
%% |cset-3| +------+ +------+
%% | |
%% | | +------+ +------+
%% | | |cset-2| |cset-2|
%% +------+ +------+ +------+
Text should flow inside cset-1 columns automatically, without need to
force column break by hand (like \column).
I get something like
%% /Page 1 _________________\
%% +------+ +------+
%% |cset-1| |cset-1|
%% +------+ +------+
%%
%% +------+ +------+
%% |cset-2| |cset-2|
%% +------+ +------+
%%
%% /Page 2 _________________\
%% +------+
%% | |
%% |cset-3|
%% | |
%% | |
%% | |
%% +------+
Is it possible to do with columnsets? Are there other ways without
columnsets?
Thank you for reading.
Regards,
Leonard Siebeneicher
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My ConTeXt-File looks like
%% begin file
%% vvvvvvvvvv
\usemodule[visual]
\definecolumnset[cset-1][n=3,balance=yes]
\definecolumnset[cset-2][n=3,balance=yes]
\definecolumnset[cset-3][n=3,balance=yes] %% ???
\starttext\showgrid
\setupcolumnsetlines[cset-1][1][1][18]
\setupcolumnsetlines[cset-1][1][2][18]
\setupcolumnsetlines[cset-1][1][3][18]
\startcolumnset[cset-1]\dorecurse{2}{\column\fakewords{25}{50}}\stopcolumnset
\setupcolumnsetstart[cset-2][1][1][20]
\setupcolumnsetstart[cset-2][1][2][20]
\setupcolumnsetstart[cset-2][1][3][20]
\startcolumnset[cset-2]\dorecurse{2}{\column\fakewords{25}{50}}\stopcolumnset
%% Now lets return to line 1 on page 1 to overlap columns
\setupcolumnsetstart[cset-3][1][1][1]
\setupcolumnsetstart[cset-3][1][2][1]
\setupcolumnsetstart[cset-3][1][3][1]
\startcolumnset[cset-3]\dorecurse{2}{\fakewords{25}{50}}\stopcolumnset
\stoptext
%% Oops, a second page has been added
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