Thank you Wolfgang, what you suggest is simpler and better. Peter > On 13 Feb 2026, at 10:17 AM, Wolfgang Schuster > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Am 12.02.2026 um 21:46 schrieb peter.hopcroft--- via ntg-context: >> Dear group, >> I met a nine-year-old who claimed she could write Context. I asked her to >> try, but her code had errors. I’m a Context beginner, finding it daunting to >> learn. Can someone please look at her Context below and advise me if I >> should ask her for help with learning Context? > > \defineparagraphs creates an environment for multi columns text which has to > fit on a single page but the example uses the command created with it in a > wrong way. > > An easier way to have a column for annotations etc. is to use the margin area > and change the page layout to get the desired dimensions. > > \setuplayout > [backspace=55mm, > leftmargin=30mm, > leftmargindistance=5mm, > topspace=20mm, > width=middle, > height=middle] > > \definemargindata > [Anmerkung] > [inleft] > > \showframe[text][leftmargin,text] > > \starttext > > \Anmerkung{Anmerkung!} > > Main text! > > \stoptext > > Wolfgang > > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > 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 > ___________________________________________________________________________________
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