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> Andrew Lawson wrote 
> 
> >     I want to right-align a block of text, e.g. have
> > the text left-aligned but the block right aligned. An
> > ascii example would be
> >
> > |                                      |
> > |                     Some text        |
> > |                     More text        |
> > |                     Even more text   |

Guy wrote:
 
> I can't take credit for the following clever snippet of code:
> 
> \startalignment[left]
>    \noindent\framed
>      [width=fit,align=right,frame=off]
>      {Some text\\More text\\Even more text}
> \stopalignment

\startnarrower[left]  % [2*left]
    some text
    more text
    even more text
\stopnarrower

Willi