Command/startcolumnset

\startcolumnset ... \stopcolumnset

Summary

The environment \startcolumnset ... \stopcolumnset is used for material in columns.

Settings

\startcolumnset[...][...=...,...] ... \stopcolumnset
[...]	name
...=...,...	inherits from \setupcolumnset

Description

Start a column environment using the columnset mechanism.

Examples

Example 1

\starttext
\setuppapersize[A6,landscape]

\definecolumnset[TwoColumns][n=2]

\startcolumnset [TwoColumns]
  \startalignment[justified,verytolerant]
  \input knuth
  \blank
  \framed
    [frame=off,
     bottomframe=on,
     width=\textwidth,
     frameoffset=1mm,
     foregroundstyle=small,
    ]{\copyright\ Donald E. Knuth}
  \input zapf
  \blank
  \framed
    [frame=off,
     bottomframe=on,
     width=\textwidth,
     frameoffset=1mm,
     foregroundstyle=small,
    ]{\copyright\ Hermann Zapf}
  \stopalignment
\stopcolumnset
\stoptext

Overlapping lines problems

Using columnsets may cause overlapping lines at the end of columns. To avoid this, \setuplayout[grid=yes] must be placed in the preamble of the document.

\setuppapersize[A6,landscape]

\definecolumnset[example][n=3,balancing=no]
\definecolumnsetspan[wide][n=2]

\setupexternalfigures[location=default]

\setuplayout[grid=yes] % Without this, last lines in the first column overlap

%

\starttext
  \noheaderandfooterlines

  \startcolumnset[example]
    \startcolumnsetspan[wide]
      \externalfigure[hacker][width=60mm]
    \stopcolumnsetspan

    \input knuth
  \stopcolumnset
\stoptext

See also

• \definecolumnset
• \setupcolumnset
• page-cst.mkiv
• \startcolumns for an alternative column mechanism

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