Command/definecolumnset

Syntax (autogenerated)

\definecolumnset[...][...][...=...,...]
[...]	name
[...]	name
...=...,...	inherits from \setupcolumnset

\setupcolumnset[...,...][...=...,...]
[...,...]	name name:number
n	number
nleft	number
nright	number
width	dimension auto
distance	dimension
lines	number
maxwidth	dimension
maxheight	dimension
direction	normal reverse
page	see \page
...=...,...	inherits from \setupframed

Description

Define a new columnset environment with certain properties.

Header 1	Header 2
`direction`	`right`
`distance`	`1.5\bodyfontsize`
`n`	`2`
`nleft`	`Number of columns on left-hand pages`
`nright`	`Number of columns on right-hand pages`
`width`	`fit`
`lines`	`0`
`start`	`0`
`page`	`Start a page break before the columnset`

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

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Examples

Two Columns

Four Columns

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