Can't use footnotes with columns

[jodros]

Only the first frame has its height changed, and even so the text is overwritten.

I'm using SILE 0.15.5 with resilient (no modifications in the default styles.yml).

[Omikhleia]

I'm using SILE 0.15.5 with resilient (no modifications in the default styles.yml).

How did you try this two-column layout? I've always failed at them :)

[jodros]

How did you try this two-column layout? I've always failed at them :)

Simply used \makecolumns[balanced=false]

[Omikhleia]

Simply used \makecolumns[balanced=false]

Oh, from the frametricks package? It's probably incompatible with the frame layout expected by resilient (if not with any other frameset actually...), as it defines its own frame(s) based on the current typesetter frame (so it doesn't know anything about footnote or margins frames, and who's gonna eat space, and how these should then adapt. Another example of a quick hack that only works if the initial frameset is... naive.

[Omikhleia]

(I was about to say my usual thing: "This whole frametricks thing is a joke", hesitated, and oh well. It is a joke. But I've used that utterance so many times that I'm not sure I'll want to repeat it again 🤣 )

[jodros]

So how to have a two column page without makecolumns?

It's probably incompatible with the frame layout expected by resilient

Does resilient have any support for multiple columns pages? I didn't find anything related in its documentation...

I really need to use a two column for this one!

[Omikhleia]

Does resilient have any support for multiple columns pages? I didn't find anything related in its documentation...

Not yet. There was an experiment in February 2023 with results shown on our Gitter (which you could join by the way):

But although it seems nice "on a picture", it breaks severely in many cases, so I put it on hold until I could return to my new typesetter/pagebuilder attempt (which helps here, but then breaks on footnotes...). But I am afraid this isn't a discussion for SILE (core).

[jodros]

our Gitter (which you could join by the way)

Interesting, how can I join there?

[Omikhleia]

Interesting, how can I join there?

Third bullet in the Wiki https://github.com/sile-typesetter/sile/wiki/Contributing#regarding-questions ;)