Columns

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There are different possibilities to typeset text in two or more columns:

• columns : for simple cases of multi column text
• paragraphs : if you need a table-like structure (translations, questionaires etc.)
• column sets : the flexible way for varying columns or other complex tasks
• streams : set different text synchronized side-by-side (e.g. bilingual editions)

Columns

\startcolumns[n=3]
\input knuth
\stopcolumns

You can add all the options of \setupcolumns to \startcommand. You can enforce a new column with \column, but that's a bit broken at the moment (2006-01-14).

Paragraphs

see "Paragraphs in Columns" section in the manual

Column Sets

see Columns manual or column sets source

Streams

see streams source

TODO: We need documentation and samples for Paragraphs, Streams and Column Sets (See: To-Do List)