Re: formating paragraph question

[Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>]

Taco Hoekwater wrote:

> \newcount\mylines
> \def\mypars
>  {\mylines=0
>   \def\obeyedline{%
>     \par
>     \ifcase\mylines \parindent 0em %1
>         \or                        %2
>         \or \parindent 1.5em       %3
>         \or                        %4
>             \or \parindent 0em         %5
>         \or \vskip 1.5ex\parindent 2em %6
>         \else                      % >6
>         \fi
>     \advance\mylines1 }}%
> 
>     grzegorz> \setupparagraphs[limeryk]
>     grzegorz> [style={\switchtobodyfont[ant,9pt]}]
> 
>     grzegorz> is there a way to format automatically these 5
>     grzegorz> (optionally, with author name, 6) limerick lines, that
>     grzegorz> is add (in macro) \hskip for 3-th and 4th line?
> 
> This is what \mypars does. Input becomes:

Ha, we have synchonized thoughts, but slightly different solutions. I'll
keep my mouth shut for a while! 

Btw, there is a real dirty trick (for taco only), which could work too:

  \defineconversion[limeric][\fakelinenumber]

where \fakelinenumber is an \ifcase. Actually, one can also use
\EveryPar, and use the linenumber as trigger. Maybe we should write an
article on this: 50 ways to typeset limerics or so. Is there, --frans
will probably know-- a standard on typesetting poetry? 

Hans

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