Command/defineparagraphs

\defineparagraphs

Syntax (autogenerated)

\defineparagraphs[...][...][...=...,...]
[...]	name
[...]	name
...=...,...	inherits from \setupparagraphs

Syntax

\defineparagraphs[...][...,...=...,...]
[...]	name
n	number
rule	on off
height	fit dimension
before	command
after	command
inner	command
distance	dimension
tolerance	verystrict strict tolerant verytolerant stretch
align	flushleft flushright righttoleft lefttoright middle

Examples

• \setuppapersize[A5]
  % Source: ConText Manual ms-cb-en.pdf
  
  % Define a paragraph environment with 3 columns. 
  % Insert a blank line just before and just after the environment. 
  \defineparagraphs 
  	[mypar][n=3,before={\blank},after={\blank}] 
  
  % The first column occupies 10% of the text's width and is rendered bold. 
  \setupparagraphs [mypar][1][width=.1\textwidth,style=bold] 
  
  % The second column occupies 40% of the text's width. 
  \setupparagraphs [mypar][2][width=.4\textwidth]
  
  % The third column uses default settings. It will occupy 
  % the remaining 50% of the text's width.
   
  \startmypar % begin the side-by-side paragraphs; start with the first one
      1252 
  \mypar % switch to 2nd column
      Hasselt obtains its city charter from bishop Hendrik van Vianden. 
  \mypar % switch to 3rd column
      Hendrik van Vianden was pressed by other towns not to agree 
      with the charter. It took Hasselt a long period of time to 
      convince the Bishop. After supporting the Bishop in a small 
      war against the Drents, the charter was released. 
  \stopmypar % end paragraph body 
  

  yields

• 

Footnotes need special treatment, as follows.

• \setuppapersize[A10,landscape]
  % when using footnotes, you have to use the following trick
  % (from Hans on mailinglist, Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 00:53:48 +0200)
  % but the names have changed since then  from postponefootnotes
  % to postponenotes and flushfootnotes to flushnotes
  
  \defineparagraphs[Par][n=3]
  \starttext
  \startPar
      Text 
  \Par 
      and\postponenotes\footnote{A footnote whose placement is postponed...}
  \Par 
      text 
  \stopPar
  \flushnotes
  \stoptext
  

  This gives:

• 

See also

• \setupparagraphs to setup the individual paragraphs/columns.
• \startparagraphs to start a paragraphs environment.
• \paragraph to switch to the next paragraph.
• \starttable and \starttabulate to create more traditional tables,

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