Bump On 9/3/19 4:46 AM, Oliver von Criegern wrote: > Dear list members, > > is there any way to get a cross reference to a column in a two column layout? > > At least, I would need to get some value that tells me whether the target is > in the left or in the right column. How to achieve this? > > This is the more simplified version of the my previous question cited below. > > Best regards, > Oliver. > > > Am 12.08.19 um 15:26 schrieb Oliver von Criegern: >> Dear list members, >> >> how can I create cross references to column numbers? >> >> I have a two column layout with column numbers in the header instead of page >> numbers (actually, these column numbers are calculated from the page >> numbers). Now I want to create a cross reference that returns the column >> number of the target. How can I achieve this? >> >> Of course, I can get the page number with \pagereference (for the target) >> and \at (for the reference), but for calculating the column number >> (according to what I did in the header), I would also need to know whether >> the target is in the left or in the right column, and I can't see how I can >> get this information. >> >> For an example, see the question posted by me at stackexchange: >> https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/502944/context-cross-references-to-column-numbers >> >> Besides, I am wondering, regarding the generally very regular and consistent >> naming of commands in ConTeXt, why this is not so in the case of references. >> For example, to refer to a page, I need \pagereference (for the target) and >> \at (for the reference); to refer to a line, I need \someline (for the >> target) and \inline (for the reference), but only if I want it to >> automatically add the word "line" or something else before the number, >> otherwise I have to use \inlinerange. It took me some time to find that out. >> Wouldn't it be easier to have just one command for the target and another >> one for the reference, and everything else, as counters and headers to be >> returned, text to be added etc. to be configured by options? >> >> Best regards, >> Oliver. >> >> > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > 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 > ___________________________________________________________________________________
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