From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/25565 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Radhelorn Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Dropped caps, \startlines\stoplines, and indentation question Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 22:59:51 +0300 Message-ID: <43D7D8B7.5060207@mail.ru> References: Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1138219226 29897 80.91.229.2 (25 Jan 2006 20:00:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 20:00:26 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Wed Jan 25 21:00:17 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1F1qoJ-0006A6-1i for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Wed, 25 Jan 2006 21:00:07 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id ADE8312808; Wed, 25 Jan 2006 21:00:06 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 16241-05-4; Wed, 25 Jan 2006 21:00:03 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 624A0127BA; Wed, 25 Jan 2006 21:00:03 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id F0C98127BA for ; Wed, 25 Jan 2006 21:00:02 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 16241-05-3 for ; Wed, 25 Jan 2006 21:00:01 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from mx2.mail.ru (mx2.mail.ru [194.67.23.122]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with SMTP id CD5501277B for ; Wed, 25 Jan 2006 21:00:01 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from [217.106.91.40] (port=45590 helo=[172.16.6.57]) by mx2.mail.ru with psmtp id 1F1qoB-0000uH-00 for ntg-context@ntg.nl; Wed, 25 Jan 2006 23:00:00 +0300 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (X11/20041206) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en Original-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users In-Reply-To: X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.7 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:25565 Archived-At: Adrian Drury wrote: > Hello, > > I'm having trouble using dropped caps within \startlines\stoplines. > I'm trying to typeset some poetry and I'm using > \setuplines[space=yes]. I'd like to use dropped caps and have the > indented lines be additionally indented by any space at the beginning > of the lines. > > See the following example - the first part shows roughly the result I > want (but with manual formatting/spacing), the second part shows the > result of \DroppedCaps inside \startlines\stoplines, and the third > part uses the lettrine module. The lettrine module comes close, but > Nindent doesn't seem to affect the indented lines within > \startlines\stoplines. > > \usemodule[lettrine] > \def\MyDroppedCaps% > { \DroppedCaps > {} {Serif} {2\baselineskip} {2pt} {1\baselineskip} {2} > } > \setuplines[space=yes] > > \starttext > \MyDroppedCaps S{\sc umer} is icumen in,\crlf > \hbox to .6em{}Lhude sing cuccu!\crlf > Groweth sed, and bloweth med,\crlf > \hbox to .6em{}And springth the wude nu---\crlf > \hbox to 3.3em{}Sing cuccu! > > \startlines > \MyDroppedCaps S{\sc umer} is icumen in, > Lhude sing cuccu! > Groweth sed, and bloweth med, > And springth the wude nu--- > Sing cuccu! > \stoplines > > \startlines > \lettrine{S}{umer} is icumen in, > Lhude sing cuccu! > Groweth sed, and bloweth med, > And springth the wude nu--- > Sing cuccu! > \stoplines > \stoptext > > Any suggestions for how to do this? I'm a beginning ConTeXt user, so > if there's a better/different way to do this, I'd be happy to hear it! > > Also, I read the list in digest form. For the benefit of people using > threaded mail readers, is there a better way to reply to individual > messages than replying to the digest message and editing the Subject > line appropriately? > > Thanks very much, > Adrian Drury > _______________________________________________ > ntg-context mailing list > ntg-context@ntg.nl > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context > > Try \startlines \vbox{\lettrine{S}{umer} is icumen in,\crlf Lhude sing cuccu!} Groweth sed, and bloweth med, And springth the wude nu--- Sing cuccu! \stoplines -- Radhelorn