Re: [NTG-context] \definelayout[first] does not yield to default layout on page 2

2012-02-03 Thread Peter Park Nelson
Yeah! Woo!

On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 2:40 PM, Peter Park Nelson
peter.park.nel...@gmail.com wrote:
 On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 12:18 PM, Wolfgang Schuster
 schuster.wolfg...@googlemail.com wrote:

 Am 26.01.2012 um 03:41 schrieb Peter Park Nelson:

 First-page layout is an issue that I have asked about before, but
 maybe I am doing something wrong. Here is my question in an earlier
 thread: 
 http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/20111228.041922.c60f9cd5.en.html.

 I want to define a layout for the first page of my document with
 different header and footer formatting -- specifically, no header and
 a large footer to hold publication information. Based on examples on
 Contextgarden and this list, I think my code below is correct.
 However, the first page formatting is continued on all pages of the
 document. The effect is the same when using \definelayout[first] and
 \definelayout[1].

 Is MkIV a option for you? The problem had been there for a while as well but 
 now it’s fixed
 you can decide what ConTeXt should do after the first page.

 With the “state” you can control whether the layout at the second page 
 should be switched
 back to the global layout with \definelayout[…][state=start] (this is the 
 default setting) or
 it should remain with \definelayout[…][state=repeat].

 \definelayout
  [first]
  [width=middle,
  backspace=15mm,
  topspace=10mm,
  height=254mm,
  header=0mm,      % no header
  headerdistance=0mm,
  footer=25mm,      % big footer
  footerdistance=5mm,
  grid=yes]

 You have to set only what’s different from the global layout.

 \definelayout
  [first]
  [header=0mm,
  headerdistance=0mm,
  footer=25mm,
  footerdistance=5mm]

 Wolfgang
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 Wolfgang and Wagner, thank you for taking the time to respond to this.

 I am using MkIV. I just updated to the latest beta (I had been running
 one beta behind). I was intentionally not using layout inheritance in
 my \definelayout commands to eliminate the possibility of a problem in
 the inheritance mechanism.

 Interaction with columnsets also seems to be part of the problem, as I
 will try to explain.

 1.  In a layout with no columnset: \definelayout[first] creates a
 unique layout for the first page and returns to the default layout on
 page 2. BUT from page 3 onwards, the text does not go all the way to
 the bottom of the text area (although \showframe indicates that the
 text area is correct). A workaround is to add
 \definelayout[current][...parameters that undo the first-page
 parameters...].

 2.  In a layout with a columnset
 (\definecolumnset[body][n=2,balancing=yes]): use of
 \definelayout[first] causes failure with the error message below.
 Ignoring warnings and forcing Context to continue results in a pdf
 with \showframe lines drawn correctly, but text not filling the whole
 column height, as described previously.

 #

 ERROR MESSAGE:

 system           tex  error on line 70 in file J2-pagearea.tex:
 Emergency stop ...

 60       [footer]
 61       [footer]
 62
 63     \starttext
 64     \showframe
 65     \showgrid
 66
 67
 68     \startcolumnset[body]
 69
 70   \dorecurse{40}{\input tufte \par }
 71
 72     %\input tufte \par
 73
 74     \stopcolumnset
 75
 76     \stoptext
 77


 \OTRSETdoifcellelse ...er #1:\number #2\endcsname
                                                  \@EA \secondoftwoarguments...
 \@@ar@@3 ...ellelse {\mofcolumns }\columnlastcell
                                                  {\global \advance \columnl...
 \redoloop -\expandrecursecontent
                                  \endofloop
 to be read again
                   {
 inserted text
                44
 \endofloop ...expr \recurselevel +\plusone \relax
                                                  }
 ...
 l.70 \dorecurse{40}{\input tufte \par }

 End of file on the terminal!

 !  == Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced!

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Re: [NTG-context] \definelayout[first] does not yield to default layout on page 2

2012-01-26 Thread Wagner Macedo
According to http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Layout#Multiple_layouts, you can
do this by using the commands \setuplayout[yourcustomlayout] and
\setuplayout[reset] at the location you want to change the layout.

--
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On 25 January 2012 23:41, Peter Park Nelson peter.park.nel...@gmail.comwrote:

 First-page layout is an issue that I have asked about before, but
 maybe I am doing something wrong. Here is my question in an earlier
 thread:
 http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/20111228.041922.c60f9cd5.en.html
 .

 I want to define a layout for the first page of my document with
 different header and footer formatting -- specifically, no header and
 a large footer to hold publication information. Based on examples on
 Contextgarden and this list, I think my code below is correct.
 However, the first page formatting is continued on all pages of the
 document. The effect is the same when using \definelayout[first] and
 \definelayout[1].

 %%---

 setuppapersize[letter][letter]
 \setupindenting[yes, medium]

 \setuplayout
  [width=middle,
  backspace=15mm,
  topspace=10mm,
  height=254mm,
  header=10mm,  % normal header
  headerdistance=5mm,
  footer=5mm,
  footerdistance=5mm,
  grid=yes]

 \definelayout
  [first]
  [width=middle,
  backspace=15mm,
  topspace=10mm,
  height=254mm,
  header=0mm,  % no header
  headerdistance=0mm,
  footer=25mm,  % big footer
  footerdistance=5mm,
  grid=yes]

 \definecolumnset[body][n=2,balancing=yes]

 \setupheadertexts
  [This is a header]
  [pagenumber]
  [pagenumber]
  [Some text]

 \setupfootertexts
  [footer]
  [footer]
  [footer]
  [footer]

 \starttext

 \startcolumnset[body]

 \dorecurse{20}{\input tufte\par}

 \stopcolumnset

 \stoptext


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Re: [NTG-context] \definelayout[first] does not yield to default layout on page 2

2012-01-26 Thread Peter Park Nelson
Wagner,

Thanks for pointing this out, it works:

\definelayout
  [1]
  [first page layout...]

\definelayout
  [2]
  [reset] % call for a reset when the second page is reached

\setuplayout
  [default layout...]

But the question of why \definelayout[first] does not work correctly
remains. Perhaps the developers will look into it.

PPN

On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 8:18 AM, Wagner Macedo wagnerluis1...@gmail.com wrote:
 According to http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Layout#Multiple_layouts, you can
 do this by using the commands \setuplayout[yourcustomlayout] and
 \setuplayout[reset] at the location you want to change the layout.

 --
 Wagner Macedo


 On 25 January 2012 23:41, Peter Park Nelson peter.park.nel...@gmail.com
 wrote:

 First-page layout is an issue that I have asked about before, but
 maybe I am doing something wrong. Here is my question in an earlier
 thread:
 http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/20111228.041922.c60f9cd5.en.html
 .

 I want to define a layout for the first page of my document with
 different header and footer formatting -- specifically, no header and
 a large footer to hold publication information. Based on examples on
 Contextgarden and this list, I think my code below is correct.
 However, the first page formatting is continued on all pages of the
 document. The effect is the same when using \definelayout[first] and
 \definelayout[1].

 %%---

 setuppapersize[letter][letter]
 \setupindenting[yes, medium]

 \setuplayout
  [width=middle,
  backspace=15mm,
  topspace=10mm,
  height=254mm,
  header=10mm,  % normal header
  headerdistance=5mm,
  footer=5mm,
  footerdistance=5mm,
  grid=yes]

 \definelayout
  [first]
  [width=middle,
  backspace=15mm,
  topspace=10mm,
  height=254mm,
  header=0mm,      % no header
  headerdistance=0mm,
  footer=25mm,      % big footer
  footerdistance=5mm,
  grid=yes]

 \definecolumnset[body][n=2,balancing=yes]

 \setupheadertexts
  [This is a header]
  [pagenumber]
  [pagenumber]
  [Some text]

 \setupfootertexts
  [footer]
  [footer]
  [footer]
  [footer]

 \starttext

 \startcolumnset[body]

 \dorecurse{20}{\input tufte\par}

 \stopcolumnset

 \stoptext


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Re: [NTG-context] \definelayout[first] does not yield to default layout on page 2

2012-01-26 Thread Peter Park Nelson
Oh crap, I thought Wagner's solution worked but it doesn't -- quite.

\showframe indicates that the page areas are defined correctly, and
the footer frame on page 2 and later is the correct size. But Context
is not filling the text columns all the way to the bottom; The body
text is still stopping short as though the larger footer was still in
effect.

Frustrating.

On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 8:18 AM, Wagner Macedo wagnerluis1...@gmail.com wrote:
 According to http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Layout#Multiple_layouts, you can
 do this by using the commands \setuplayout[yourcustomlayout] and
 \setuplayout[reset] at the location you want to change the layout.

 --
 Wagner Macedo


 On 25 January 2012 23:41, Peter Park Nelson peter.park.nel...@gmail.com
 wrote:

 First-page layout is an issue that I have asked about before, but
 maybe I am doing something wrong. Here is my question in an earlier
 thread:
 http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/20111228.041922.c60f9cd5.en.html
 .

 I want to define a layout for the first page of my document with
 different header and footer formatting -- specifically, no header and
 a large footer to hold publication information. Based on examples on
 Contextgarden and this list, I think my code below is correct.
 However, the first page formatting is continued on all pages of the
 document. The effect is the same when using \definelayout[first] and
 \definelayout[1].

 %%---

 setuppapersize[letter][letter]
 \setupindenting[yes, medium]

 \setuplayout
  [width=middle,
  backspace=15mm,
  topspace=10mm,
  height=254mm,
  header=10mm,  % normal header
  headerdistance=5mm,
  footer=5mm,
  footerdistance=5mm,
  grid=yes]

 \definelayout
  [first]
  [width=middle,
  backspace=15mm,
  topspace=10mm,
  height=254mm,
  header=0mm,      % no header
  headerdistance=0mm,
  footer=25mm,      % big footer
  footerdistance=5mm,
  grid=yes]

 \definecolumnset[body][n=2,balancing=yes]

 \setupheadertexts
  [This is a header]
  [pagenumber]
  [pagenumber]
  [Some text]

 \setupfootertexts
  [footer]
  [footer]
  [footer]
  [footer]

 \starttext

 \startcolumnset[body]

 \dorecurse{20}{\input tufte\par}

 \stopcolumnset

 \stoptext


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Re: [NTG-context] \definelayout[first] does not yield to default layout on page 2

2012-01-26 Thread Wagner Macedo
Well, I never need this, so I thought that information was correct.

I will do some tests when I'll have time to see if works for me.

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On 26 January 2012 14:40, Peter Park Nelson peter.park.nel...@gmail.comwrote:

 Oh crap, I thought Wagner's solution worked but it doesn't -- quite.

 \showframe indicates that the page areas are defined correctly, and
 the footer frame on page 2 and later is the correct size. But Context
 is not filling the text columns all the way to the bottom; The body
 text is still stopping short as though the larger footer was still in
 effect.

 Frustrating.

 On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 8:18 AM, Wagner Macedo wagnerluis1...@gmail.com
 wrote:
  According to http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Layout#Multiple_layouts, you
 can
  do this by using the commands \setuplayout[yourcustomlayout] and
  \setuplayout[reset] at the location you want to change the layout.
 
  --
  Wagner Macedo
 
 
  On 25 January 2012 23:41, Peter Park Nelson peter.park.nel...@gmail.com
 
  wrote:
 
  First-page layout is an issue that I have asked about before, but
  maybe I am doing something wrong. Here is my question in an earlier
  thread:
 
 http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/20111228.041922.c60f9cd5.en.html
  .
 
  I want to define a layout for the first page of my document with
  different header and footer formatting -- specifically, no header and
  a large footer to hold publication information. Based on examples on
  Contextgarden and this list, I think my code below is correct.
  However, the first page formatting is continued on all pages of the
  document. The effect is the same when using \definelayout[first] and
  \definelayout[1].
 
  %%---
 
  setuppapersize[letter][letter]
  \setupindenting[yes, medium]
 
  \setuplayout
   [width=middle,
   backspace=15mm,
   topspace=10mm,
   height=254mm,
   header=10mm,  % normal header
   headerdistance=5mm,
   footer=5mm,
   footerdistance=5mm,
   grid=yes]
 
  \definelayout
   [first]
   [width=middle,
   backspace=15mm,
   topspace=10mm,
   height=254mm,
   header=0mm,  % no header
   headerdistance=0mm,
   footer=25mm,  % big footer
   footerdistance=5mm,
   grid=yes]
 
  \definecolumnset[body][n=2,balancing=yes]
 
  \setupheadertexts
   [This is a header]
   [pagenumber]
   [pagenumber]
   [Some text]
 
  \setupfootertexts
   [footer]
   [footer]
   [footer]
   [footer]
 
  \starttext
 
  \startcolumnset[body]
 
  \dorecurse{20}{\input tufte\par}
 
  \stopcolumnset
 
  \stoptext
 
 
 
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Re: [NTG-context] \definelayout[first] does not yield to default layout on page 2

2012-01-26 Thread Wolfgang Schuster

Am 26.01.2012 um 03:41 schrieb Peter Park Nelson:

 First-page layout is an issue that I have asked about before, but
 maybe I am doing something wrong. Here is my question in an earlier
 thread: 
 http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/20111228.041922.c60f9cd5.en.html.
 
 I want to define a layout for the first page of my document with
 different header and footer formatting -- specifically, no header and
 a large footer to hold publication information. Based on examples on
 Contextgarden and this list, I think my code below is correct.
 However, the first page formatting is continued on all pages of the
 document. The effect is the same when using \definelayout[first] and
 \definelayout[1].

Is MkIV a option for you? The problem had been there for a while as well but 
now it’s fixed
you can decide what ConTeXt should do after the first page.

With the “state” you can control whether the layout at the second page should 
be switched
back to the global layout with \definelayout[…][state=start] (this is the 
default setting) or
it should remain with \definelayout[…][state=repeat].

 \definelayout
  [first]
  [width=middle,
  backspace=15mm,
  topspace=10mm,
  height=254mm,
  header=0mm,  % no header
  headerdistance=0mm,
  footer=25mm,  % big footer
  footerdistance=5mm,
  grid=yes]

You have to set only what’s different from the global layout.

\definelayout
 [first]
 [header=0mm,
  headerdistance=0mm,
  footer=25mm,
  footerdistance=5mm]

Wolfgang
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Re: [NTG-context] \definelayout[first] does not yield to default layout on page 2

2012-01-26 Thread Peter Park Nelson
On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 12:18 PM, Wolfgang Schuster
schuster.wolfg...@googlemail.com wrote:

 Am 26.01.2012 um 03:41 schrieb Peter Park Nelson:

 First-page layout is an issue that I have asked about before, but
 maybe I am doing something wrong. Here is my question in an earlier
 thread: 
 http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/20111228.041922.c60f9cd5.en.html.

 I want to define a layout for the first page of my document with
 different header and footer formatting -- specifically, no header and
 a large footer to hold publication information. Based on examples on
 Contextgarden and this list, I think my code below is correct.
 However, the first page formatting is continued on all pages of the
 document. The effect is the same when using \definelayout[first] and
 \definelayout[1].

 Is MkIV a option for you? The problem had been there for a while as well but 
 now it’s fixed
 you can decide what ConTeXt should do after the first page.

 With the “state” you can control whether the layout at the second page should 
 be switched
 back to the global layout with \definelayout[…][state=start] (this is the 
 default setting) or
 it should remain with \definelayout[…][state=repeat].

 \definelayout
  [first]
  [width=middle,
  backspace=15mm,
  topspace=10mm,
  height=254mm,
  header=0mm,      % no header
  headerdistance=0mm,
  footer=25mm,      % big footer
  footerdistance=5mm,
  grid=yes]

 You have to set only what’s different from the global layout.

 \definelayout
  [first]
  [header=0mm,
  headerdistance=0mm,
  footer=25mm,
  footerdistance=5mm]

 Wolfgang
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Wolfgang and Wagner, thank you for taking the time to respond to this.

I am using MkIV. I just updated to the latest beta (I had been running
one beta behind). I was intentionally not using layout inheritance in
my \definelayout commands to eliminate the possibility of a problem in
the inheritance mechanism.

Interaction with columnsets also seems to be part of the problem, as I
will try to explain.

1.  In a layout with no columnset: \definelayout[first] creates a
unique layout for the first page and returns to the default layout on
page 2. BUT from page 3 onwards, the text does not go all the way to
the bottom of the text area (although \showframe indicates that the
text area is correct). A workaround is to add
\definelayout[current][...parameters that undo the first-page
parameters...].

2.  In a layout with a columnset
(\definecolumnset[body][n=2,balancing=yes]): use of
\definelayout[first] causes failure with the error message below.
Ignoring warnings and forcing Context to continue results in a pdf
with \showframe lines drawn correctly, but text not filling the whole
column height, as described previously.

#

ERROR MESSAGE:

system   tex  error on line 70 in file J2-pagearea.tex:
Emergency stop ...

60   [footer]
61   [footer]
62
63 \starttext
64 \showframe
65 \showgrid
66
67
68 \startcolumnset[body]
69
70   \dorecurse{40}{\input tufte \par }
71
72 %\input tufte \par
73
74 \stopcolumnset
75
76 \stoptext
77


\OTRSETdoifcellelse ...er #1:\number #2\endcsname
  \@EA \secondoftwoarguments...
\@@ar@@3 ...ellelse {\mofcolumns }\columnlastcell
  {\global \advance \columnl...
\redoloop -\expandrecursecontent
  \endofloop
to be read again
   {
inserted text
44
\endofloop ...expr \recurselevel +\plusone \relax
  }
...
l.70 \dorecurse{40}{\input tufte \par }

End of file on the terminal!

!  == Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced!

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Re: [NTG-context] \definelayout[first] does not yield to default layout on page 2

2012-01-26 Thread Peter Park Nelson
On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 2:40 PM, Peter Park Nelson
peter.park.nel...@gmail.com wrote:
 On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 12:18 PM, Wolfgang Schuster
 schuster.wolfg...@googlemail.com wrote:

 Am 26.01.2012 um 03:41 schrieb Peter Park Nelson:

 First-page layout is an issue that I have asked about before, but
 maybe I am doing something wrong. Here is my question in an earlier
 thread: 
 http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/20111228.041922.c60f9cd5.en.html.

 I want to define a layout for the first page of my document with
 different header and footer formatting -- specifically, no header and
 a large footer to hold publication information. Based on examples on
 Contextgarden and this list, I think my code below is correct.
 However, the first page formatting is continued on all pages of the
 document. The effect is the same when using \definelayout[first] and
 \definelayout[1].

 Is MkIV a option for you? The problem had been there for a while as well but 
 now it’s fixed
 you can decide what ConTeXt should do after the first page.

 With the “state” you can control whether the layout at the second page 
 should be switched
 back to the global layout with \definelayout[…][state=start] (this is the 
 default setting) or
 it should remain with \definelayout[…][state=repeat].

 \definelayout
  [first]
  [width=middle,
  backspace=15mm,
  topspace=10mm,
  height=254mm,
  header=0mm,      % no header
  headerdistance=0mm,
  footer=25mm,      % big footer
  footerdistance=5mm,
  grid=yes]

 You have to set only what’s different from the global layout.

 \definelayout
  [first]
  [header=0mm,
  headerdistance=0mm,
  footer=25mm,
  footerdistance=5mm]

 Wolfgang
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 Wolfgang and Wagner, thank you for taking the time to respond to this.

 I am using MkIV. I just updated to the latest beta (I had been running
 one beta behind). I was intentionally not using layout inheritance in
 my \definelayout commands to eliminate the possibility of a problem in
 the inheritance mechanism.

 Interaction with columnsets also seems to be part of the problem, as I
 will try to explain.

 1.  In a layout with no columnset: \definelayout[first] creates a
 unique layout for the first page and returns to the default layout on
 page 2. BUT from page 3 onwards, the text does not go all the way to
 the bottom of the text area (although \showframe indicates that the
 text area is correct). A workaround is to add
 \definelayout[current][...parameters that undo the first-page
 parameters...].

 2.  In a layout with a columnset
 (\definecolumnset[body][n=2,balancing=yes]): use of
 \definelayout[first] causes failure with the error message below.
 Ignoring warnings and forcing Context to continue results in a pdf
 with \showframe lines drawn correctly, but text not filling the whole
 column height, as described previously.

 #

 ERROR MESSAGE:

 system           tex  error on line 70 in file J2-pagearea.tex:
 Emergency stop ...

 60       [footer]
 61       [footer]
 62
 63     \starttext
 64     \showframe
 65     \showgrid
 66
 67
 68     \startcolumnset[body]
 69
 70   \dorecurse{40}{\input tufte \par }
 71
 72     %\input tufte \par
 73
 74     \stopcolumnset
 75
 76     \stoptext
 77


 \OTRSETdoifcellelse ...er #1:\number #2\endcsname
                                                  \@EA \secondoftwoarguments...
 \@@ar@@3 ...ellelse {\mofcolumns }\columnlastcell
                                                  {\global \advance \columnl...
 \redoloop -\expandrecursecontent
                                  \endofloop
 to be read again
                   {
 inserted text
                44
 \endofloop ...expr \recurselevel +\plusone \relax
                                                  }
 ...
 l.70 \dorecurse{40}{\input tufte \par }

 End of file on the terminal!

 !  == Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced!

 --
 Peter Park Nelson
 peter.park.nel...@gmail.com

More testing with the old columns mechanism instead of columnset:

\startcolumns[n=2] produces roughly the same result as no columns, the
text stops short of the bottom of the page. However, the
\definelayout[current] workaround I mentioned does not solve the
problem in this case.

I'm quite willing to abandon the columnset mechanism if I can get a
working solution with columns.

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[NTG-context] \definelayout[first] does not yield to default layout on page 2

2012-01-25 Thread Peter Park Nelson
First-page layout is an issue that I have asked about before, but
maybe I am doing something wrong. Here is my question in an earlier
thread: 
http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/20111228.041922.c60f9cd5.en.html
.

I want to define a layout for the first page of my document with
different header and footer formatting -- specifically, no header and
a large footer to hold publication information. Based on examples on
Contextgarden and this list, I think my code below is correct.
However, the first page formatting is continued on all pages of the
document. The effect is the same when using \definelayout[first] and
\definelayout[1].

%%---

setuppapersize[letter][letter]
\setupindenting[yes, medium]

\setuplayout
  [width=middle,
  backspace=15mm,
  topspace=10mm,
  height=254mm,
  header=10mm,  % normal header
  headerdistance=5mm,
  footer=5mm,
  footerdistance=5mm,
  grid=yes]

\definelayout
  [first]
  [width=middle,
  backspace=15mm,
  topspace=10mm,
  height=254mm,
  header=0mm,  % no header
  headerdistance=0mm,
  footer=25mm,  % big footer
  footerdistance=5mm,
  grid=yes]

\definecolumnset[body][n=2,balancing=yes]

\setupheadertexts
  [This is a header]
  [pagenumber]
  [pagenumber]
  [Some text]

\setupfootertexts
  [footer]
  [footer]
  [footer]
  [footer]

\starttext

\startcolumnset[body]

\dorecurse{20}{\input tufte\par}

\stopcolumnset

\stoptext

%%---

Thanks,
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peter.park.nel...@gmail.com
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