Hi, On Sun, Nov 23, 2025 at 2:29 PM Matthias Weber <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks, Mikael. > > This works nicely with the one long formula I have. > > I also have a couple of figures that will look better when they span two > columns. When I try the following, the cow disappears as soon as I want it > wider than \textwidth. > > Also, is there a way to access the current row number in a document so that I > can replace the r=34 by something less manual?
No. These placements are made first, and then the text just flows around it. So you cannot know on before where you are. > > Thanks, > > Matthias > > \setuplayout[grid=yes] > > \definecolumnset[example][n=3,page=left] > > \definecolumnsetspan[wide][n=2] > > \setupalign[mathbookpasses] > \setupexternalfigures[location=default] > \starttext > > \startcolumnset[example] > > \input knuth > > TEXT THAT SHOULD GO BEFORE > \startcolumnsetspan[wide][c=1,r=34,ntop=1] > \externalfigure[cow.pdf][][width=1.2\textwidth] > \stopcolumnsetspan > TEXT THAT SHOULD GO AFTER > > \input knuth > \input knuth > \input knuth > \stopcolumnset > \stoptext Try \bleed (see the details manual) /Mikael > > > > > > > On Nov 23, 2025, at 4:02 AM, Mikael Sundqvist <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > if you want it to be placed exactly there in the text, that is not > > really the way the new columnsets are meant to work. One shall be > > aware of that with the new module, to place stuff where one wants, > > there is a certain amount of manual work. > > > > If you are willing to do some manual placement, you can do something like > > > > \setuplayout[grid=yes] > > > > \definecolumnset[example][n=3,page=left] > > > > \definecolumnsetspan[wide][n=2] > > > > \setupalign[mathbookpasses] > > > > \starttext > > > > \startcolumnset[example] > > > > \input knuth > > > > % this needs two columns: > > TEXT THAT SHOULD GO BEFORE > > > > \startcolumnsetspan[wide][c=1,r=34,ntop=1] > > \startformula > > \tau=\frac{1}{3} \left(1+\sqrt[3]{19-3 \sqrt{33}}+\sqrt[3]{19+3 > > \sqrt{33}}\right) \ . > > \stopformula > > \stopcolumnsetspan > > > > TEXT THAT SHOULD GO AFTER > > > > \input knuth > > \input knuth > > \input knuth > > \stopcolumnset > > \stoptext > > > > But one shall also think one time more. If one has lots of long > > formulas, then maybe a narrow three-column layout is not optimal. > > > > /Mikael > > > > On Sun, Nov 23, 2025 at 3:40 AM Matthias Weber > > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Dear All, > >> > >> I am trying to use the new columnsets. I have a simple setup where I > >> occasionally have a formula or figure that I would like to span two > >> columns. > >> How do I achieve that? > >> > >> Thanks, > >> > >> Matthias > >> > >> > >> \definecolumnset[example][n=3,page=left] > >> \starttext > >> > >> \startcolumnset[example] > >> > >> \input knuth > >> > >> % this needs two columns: > >> \startformula > >> \tau=\frac{1}{3} \left(1+\sqrt[3]{19-3 \sqrt{33}}+\sqrt[3]{19+3 > >> \sqrt{33}}\right) \ . > >> \stopformula > >> > >> \input knuth > >> \input knuth > >> \input knuth > >> \stopcolumnset > >> \stoptext > >> ___________________________________________________________________________________ > >> If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to > >> the Wiki! > >> > >> maillist : [email protected] / > >> https://mailman.ntg.nl/mailman3/lists/ntg-context.ntg.nl > >> webpage : https://www.pragma-ade.nl / https://context.aanhet.net (mirror) > >> archive : https://github.com/contextgarden/context > >> wiki : https://wiki.contextgarden.net > >> ___________________________________________________________________________________ > > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > > If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to > > the Wiki! > > > > maillist : [email protected] / > > https://mailman.ntg.nl/mailman3/lists/ntg-context.ntg.nl > > webpage : https://www.pragma-ade.nl / https://context.aanhet.net (mirror) > > archive : https://github.com/contextgarden/context > > wiki : https://wiki.contextgarden.net > > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the > Wiki! > > maillist : [email protected] / > https://mailman.ntg.nl/mailman3/lists/ntg-context.ntg.nl > webpage : https://www.pragma-ade.nl / https://context.aanhet.net (mirror) > archive : https://github.com/contextgarden/context > wiki : https://wiki.contextgarden.net > ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : [email protected] / https://mailman.ntg.nl/mailman3/lists/ntg-context.ntg.nl webpage : https://www.pragma-ade.nl / https://context.aanhet.net (mirror) archive : https://github.com/contextgarden/context wiki : https://wiki.contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________
