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From: Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>
Subject: Re: typesetting verse?
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 10:09:11 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <44EC0D27.5090803@wxs.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <221cc89e0608222039p4132b4f0jb81c3713be4a59f0@mail.gmail.com>

Derek Schmidt wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Another simple question--have at it!
>
> I'd like to typeset some poetry. It should be indented, obey lines,
> and the lines should be close together, not like separate paragraphs.
> So far I've got
>
> \definestartstop[verse][commands=\obeylines]
>
>
> What next?
>   
\startlines...\stoplines

has provisions for odd/even indentation and such

also, indentation settings can handle odd/even stuff

Hans

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2006-08-23  8:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-08-23  3:39 Derek Schmidt
2006-08-23  4:24 ` Aditya Mahajan
2006-08-23 22:35   ` Derek Schmidt
2006-08-23 22:38     ` Aditya Mahajan
2006-08-24  0:22       ` Derek Schmidt
2006-08-23  8:09 ` Hans Hagen [this message]
2006-08-23 14:44   ` Aditya Mahajan
2006-08-23 22:17     ` Hans Hagen
2006-08-23 14:02 ` John R. Culleton
2006-08-23 14:12   ` Derek Schmidt

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