Re: Translating from LaTeX to ConTeXt: environments

[Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>]

At 09:36 PM 10/13/00 +0200, Hraban wrote:
>You looked for a verse environment, right?
>
>This is my try, made with help of Hans:
>
>\definestartstop
>	[verse]
>	[before={\blank%
>			\setuplines[indenting=always]%
>			\startalignment[right]\startlines},
>	after={\stoplines%
>			\stopalignment%
>			\blank}]

no % needed after a command and since you are in so called vmode, the %
after ] are also not needed. Makes the code more readable.  

>"right" aligned is "raggedright", that is, left aligned.
>somewhat confusing... ;-)

it is confusing unless you know that it stems from \raggedright

>BTW: You named your environment "song":
>Do you have experience with music setting via MusiXTeX, Lilypond... ?

rather minimal, although tex would be pretty good in typesetting minimal music

>Did anyone try to combine some music macros with ConTeXt?

yes, but long ago, i'm still thinking of a metapost thing 

the musixtex interface is not so readable but I seem to have lost the
wrapper i wrote

what is lilypond? 

Hans
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