Am 28.06.10 18:39, schrieb Jelle Huisman:

Hi all,

Is it possible to tell columnsets which column is the first one? I use columnset in MKII to typeset Arabic text in a multicolumn layout and the text starts in the left column. Is there a nice way to force the text to start in the right column? Something like \definecolumnset[arabic][n=2,direction=right] doesn't work. (A nasty, ugly hack is fine too ;-)

Example:

\starttext \definecolumnset[arabic][n=2,direction=right] \startcolumns[arabic] Oeps. In Arabic the 'first' column is on the right: \input knuth \stopcolumns \stoptext

It makes no sense to set values for columnset but use regular columns in your document and the correct value for direction you want is 'left' not 'right'. \starttext % columnset \definecolumnset[arabic][n=2,direction=left] \startcolumnset[arabic] Oeps. In Arabic the 'first' column is on the right:\par\column\input knuth \stopcolumnset \page % columns \startcolumns[direction=left] Oeps. In Arabic the 'first' column is on the right:\par\column\input knuth \stopcolumns \stoptext Wolfgang