Re: Lettrines in MkIV

[Alan BRASLAU <alan.braslau@cea.fr>]

On Thursday 23 September 2010 18:24:05 Aditya Mahajan wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Sep 2010, Alan BRASLAU wrote:
> > On Thursday 23 September 2010 15:49:07 Hans Hagen wrote:
> >> we know and we will take a look at it next week (as it takes some time
> >> to nail down node allocation bugs)
> > 
> > As Hans indicated, he is aware of the problem with the lettrine module
> > and will fix it. In the meantime, you can get by using simply:
> > 
> > %\usemodule [lettrine]
> > % broken, so let's fake it:
> > \def\lettrine#1#2{{\tfc #1}#2}
> > 
> > Of course, this is no good for production, but it is a simple
> > solution if you are working on drafts.
> 
> Isn't it better to use initials? This is what one of setups has"
> 
> \definehead[initialtitle][title]
> 
> \setuphead[initialtitle]
>            [after=\placeinitial]
> 
> \definefontsynonym[initial][name:fontin]
> 
> \setupinitial
>    [   state=start,
>            n=3,
>     distance=-.1pc,
>    ]
> 
> And then I can simply use
> 
> \initialtitle {Don Knuth said}
> 
> \input knuth
> 
> Aditya

I don't think that it is the same thing, but I do not understand
your example. Did you try running it? 

Alan
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