Command/definecolumnset
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\definecolumnset
Syntax (autogenerated)
\definecolumnset[...][...][...=...,...] | |
[...] | name |
[...] | name |
...=...,... | inherits from \setupcolumnset |
Description
Define a new columnset environment with certain properties.
Header 1 | Header 2 |
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direction | right
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balance | no
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distance | 1.5\bodyfontsize
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n | 2
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nleft | Number of columns on left-hand pages
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nright | Number of columns on right-hand pages
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width | fit
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lines | 0
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start | 0
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page | Start a page break before the columnset
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Columnsets are spread-based, i.e. when n=4 you actually have eight columns: four on the left page and four on the right page. A document always opens with a right page.
Examples
Two Columns
\setuppapersize[A5] \definecolumnset[TwoColumns][n=2] \startcolumnset [TwoColumns] \title{Test page} \framed [frame=off, bottomframe=on, width=\textwidth, frameoffset=1mm, foregroundstyle=small, ]{\copyright\ \date[][year] Donald E. Knuth} \input knuth \stopcolumnset
Four Columns
Copy and paste the example code in its own file then run ConTeXt to see the output:
\definepapersize[BookPaperSize][width=24in, height=12in,] \setuppapersize[BookPaperSize] \definelayout[BookTextLayout][ topspace=.5in, backspace=.5in, header=\zeropoint, footer=\zeropoint, grid=yes, ] \setuplayout[BookTextLayout] \definecolumnset[BookColumns][n=4,distance=.25in,page=yes] % Define how the columns appear on both left and right pages. \setupcolumnset[BookColumns:1][width=11.75in] \setupcolumnset[BookColumns:2][width=3.46in] \setupcolumnset[BookColumns:3][width=3.46in] \setupcolumnset[BookColumns:4][width=3.46in] \setupcolumnset[BookColumns:5][width=11.75in] \setupcolumnset[BookColumns:6][width=3.46in] \setupcolumnset[BookColumns:7][width=3.46in] \setupcolumnset[BookColumns:8][width=3.46in] \setuphead[section][ beforesection={\startcolumnset[BookColumns]}, aftersection={\stopcolumnset}, ] \setuphead[subsection][ after={\column}, ] \setuphead[subsubsection][after={\blank[small]},] \starttext \dorecurse{2}{% \startsection[title={Section Title}] \startsubsection[title={Subtitle}] \dorecurse{2}{\input knuth} \dorecurse{2}{% \startsubsubsection[title={Subsubtitle}] \dorecurse{1}{\input ward} \dorecurse{2}{\input lorem} \dorecurse{1}{\input bryson} \stopsubsubsection } \stopsubsection \stopsection } \stoptext
See also
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