Command/setupmixedcolumns

Summary

The command \setupmixedcolumns is used to setup “simple” (AKA “mixed”) multi-column layout.

Settings

\setupmixedcolumns[...,...][...=...,...]
[...,...]	name
grid	see \definegridsnapping
rulethickness	dimension
method	otr box
before	command
after	command
distance	dimension
n	number
maxheight	dimension
maxwidth	dimension
step	dimension
profile	name
align	see \setupalign
setups	name
balance	yes no
splitmethod	none fixed
alternative	local global
internalgrid	line halfline
separator	rule
strut	yes no
color	color
rulecolor	color
direction	normal reverse
...=...,...	inherits from \setupframed

Option

Explanation

rulethickness

width of the line between columns

distance

distance between columns

n

number of columns (2 is default)

balance

try to make the bottom of the columns on the last page even (same number of lines in each column)

internalgrid

align lines on a line or halfline grid

separator

activate the line between columns

rulecolor

color of the line between columns

direction

left to right or right to left

Description

Examples

Background and separator

\setupcolumns
  [n=3,
   separator=rule,rulecolor=red,
   background=color,backgroundcolor=green,
  ]

\startcolumns
  % 12 lines, please
  \dorecurse{12}{line\crlf}
\stopcolumns

Balancing

\startcolumns[n=2,balance=no]
  \dorecurse{3}{\samplefile{ward}\par}
\stopcolumns

\hairline

\startcolumns[n=2,balance=yes]
  \dorecurse{3}{\samplefile{ward}\par}
\stopcolumns

Balancing doesn’t seem to work.

Notes

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