Re: multi-column markup function/macro?

[Kieren MacMillan]

Hi Jan-Peter,

> I usually use [xe]latex, to produce the text needed for a preface or
> foreword. That way I can use latex input with its own commands - in this
> case: \twocolumn - and use hyphenation.
> It is integrated in https://github.com/jpvoigt/lalily (latex.scm,
> latex-init.scm). If you are interested, I would extract it.

YES YES YES
In other words, yes, I am interested.  =)

> If you want format a markup-list - this is, what you are asking for - I
> would recommend a markup-list-command. To make the n-column-markup-list
> work correctly, you have to extract the available paper-height. I am
> doing it in the mentioned xelatex-include command, but it often warns
> about overflows of a few points - I can live with that, because the
> overflow is minor, but it seems not to be trivial.
> If you have the printable paper-height, you can build markups per page.

If the [xe]latex doesn’t suit — or maybe even if it does — I’ll try building a 
“native” function.

Thanks,
Kieren.