* how to number poetry?
@ 2005-07-13 20:59 Paul Tremblay
2005-07-14 17:14 ` Paul Tremblay
2005-07-18 12:18 ` Mojca Miklavec
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From: Paul Tremblay @ 2005-07-13 20:59 UTC (permalink / raw)
What is the best way to number lines of poetry?
1 This is the first line
This is the second line
...
5 this is the fifth
...
10 this is the tenth.
I can supply the number myself. I really don't want the numbers in the
margin. Instead, I want the whole poem indented right, with the
numbers left of the indent.
I have tried using tabulate, but tabulate doesn't let me control the
space between "lines," or really cells.
Thanks
Paul
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* Re: how to number poetry?
2005-07-13 20:59 how to number poetry? Paul Tremblay
@ 2005-07-14 17:14 ` Paul Tremblay
2005-07-18 12:18 ` Mojca Miklavec
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From: Paul Tremblay @ 2005-07-14 17:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
On Wed, Jul 13, 2005 at 04:59:05PM -0400, Paul Tremblay wrote:
>
> What is the best way to number lines of poetry?
>
> 1 This is the first line
> This is the second line
> ...
>
> 5 this is the fifth
> ...
>
> 10 this is the tenth.
>
> I can supply the number myself. I really don't want the numbers in the
> margin. Instead, I want the whole poem indented right, with the
> numbers left of the indent.
>
> I have tried using tabulate, but tabulate doesn't let me control the
> space between "lines," or really cells.
>
Answering my own question. One posibility is:
\startitemize
\sym{1} This is the first line
\nop This is the second line
%% and so fourth
\stopitmeize
That allows you to control the space between the number and the actual
line. In addition, ConTeXt should (?) do a good job making sure a
single line doesn't become an orphan or widow.
The only drawback is that you cannot use hanging indents for long
lines:
This is the forest premiva. The mummuring pines and
the hemlocks
\startitemize
\sym{1} This is the forest premiva. The mummuring pines and
\nop \hskip12pt the hemlocs
%% and so fourth
\stopitmeize
Paul
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* Re: how to number poetry?
2005-07-13 20:59 how to number poetry? Paul Tremblay
2005-07-14 17:14 ` Paul Tremblay
@ 2005-07-18 12:18 ` Mojca Miklavec
2005-07-18 13:44 ` Hans Hagen
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From: Mojca Miklavec @ 2005-07-18 12:18 UTC (permalink / raw)
Paul Tremblay wrote:
> What is the best way to number lines of poetry?
>
> 1 This is the first line
> This is the second line
> ...
>
> 5 this is the fifth
> ...
>
> 10 this is the tenth.
This is a solution, written in plain TeX. I hope it is commented well
enough so that you can change it if necessary. You have to surrond the
code with \start...\stop..., but I hope you can do it, otherwise ask
again on the list.
You can change the current line number any time by simply typing
\lineno=999. You probably have to set \lineno to 0 every time you
start typesetting a poem and restore \everypar={} after you are done
with the current poem (in the definition of \startnumberedpoem ...
\stopnumberedpoem of course, not manually).
The code attaches some stuff before every paragraph and there's a
macro that checks if the current paragraph number is divisible by
five. It is a macro with square complexity, so if you want to typeset
Iliad or Odyssey :), please let me know so that I'll change it to be
more efficient :)
The code has a small drawback: you have to write \\ for blank lines.
After I wrote the maco I noticed some comments about redefining the
\par command in Appendix D of the TeXBOOK, typesetting verbatim. If I
manage to fix that too, I'll post it here.
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
% new counter for counting lines
% it is set to 0 at the beginning,
% but you can redefine it any time by saying \lineno=7 or similar
\newcount\lineno
% if 0, nothing happens, if 1, no line number will be printed
% and the line number won't advance for one
\newcount\isemptyline
% templineno = lineno + 5
% do {
% templineno = templineno - 5
% } while (templineno > 5);
%
% if (templineno == 0) {
% print lineno
% }
% only prints \the\lineno if it is divisible by 5
\def\printonlyfives{%
% define a new counter 'templineno'
\newcount\templineno
% set the temporary counter to the line counter
\templineno=\lineno
% subtract 5 from the temporary counter as long as the counter is positive
\advance\templineno by5
\loop\advance\templineno by-5\ifnum\templineno>5\repeat
% if the line number is divisible by 5, the temporary counter is 0
% and the line number will be printed out
\ifnum\templineno=0{\the\lineno}\fi}
% add this before every paragraph:
% - if this is not an empty line
% - add one to the line number
% - print the line number (if divisible by five)
% - hfill (for right alignment)
\everypar={\ifnum\isemptyline=0 \advance\lineno by1 \printonlyfives\fi\hfill}
% (if '\\' is already defined for something else,
% you can use some other command name here)
% this will switch off line numbering, make a new line
% and switch line numbering on again
\def\\{\isemptyline=1\crlf\isemptyline=0}
\obeylines
\dorecurse{30}{the text goes here\par}
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
Mojca
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* Re: how to number poetry?
2005-07-18 12:18 ` Mojca Miklavec
@ 2005-07-18 13:44 ` Hans Hagen
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From: Hans Hagen @ 2005-07-18 13:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
Mojca Miklavec wrote:
>Paul Tremblay wrote:
>
>
>>What is the best way to number lines of poetry?
>>
>>1 This is the first line
>> This is the second line
>> ...
>>
>>5 this is the fifth
>> ...
>>
>>10 this is the tenth.
>>
>>
>
>This is a solution, written in plain TeX. I hope it is commented well
>enough so that you can change it if necessary. You have to surrond the
>code with \start...\stop..., but I hope you can do it, otherwise ask
>again on the list.
>
>You can change the current line number any time by simply typing
>\lineno=999. You probably have to set \lineno to 0 every time you
>start typesetting a poem and restore \everypar={} after you are done
>with the current poem (in the definition of \startnumberedpoem ...
>\stopnumberedpoem of course, not manually).
>
>The code attaches some stuff before every paragraph and there's a
>macro that checks if the current paragraph number is divisible by
>five. It is a macro with square complexity, so if you want to typeset
>Iliad or Odyssey :), please let me know so that I'll change it to be
>more efficient :)
>
>The code has a small drawback: you have to write \\ for blank lines.
>After I wrote the maco I noticed some comments about redefining the
>\par command in Appendix D of the TeXBOOK, typesetting verbatim. If I
>manage to fix that too, I'll post it here.
>
>%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
>
>% new counter for counting lines
>% it is set to 0 at the beginning,
>% but you can redefine it any time by saying \lineno=7 or similar
>\newcount\lineno
>% if 0, nothing happens, if 1, no line number will be printed
>% and the line number won't advance for one
>\newcount\isemptyline
>
>
>% templineno = lineno + 5
>% do {
>% templineno = templineno - 5
>% } while (templineno > 5);
>%
>% if (templineno == 0) {
>% print lineno
>% }
>
>% only prints \the\lineno if it is divisible by 5
>\def\printonlyfives{%
> % define a new counter 'templineno'
> \newcount\templineno
> % set the temporary counter to the line counter
> \templineno=\lineno
> % subtract 5 from the temporary counter as long as the counter is positive
> \advance\templineno by5
> \loop\advance\templineno by-5\ifnum\templineno>5\repeat
> % if the line number is divisible by 5, the temporary counter is 0
> % and the line number will be printed out
> \ifnum\templineno=0{\the\lineno}\fi}
>
>% add this before every paragraph:
>% - if this is not an empty line
>% - add one to the line number
>% - print the line number (if divisible by five)
>% - hfill (for right alignment)
>\everypar={\ifnum\isemptyline=0 \advance\lineno by1 \printonlyfives\fi\hfill}
>
>% (if '\\' is already defined for something else,
>% you can use some other command name here)
>% this will switch off line numbering, make a new line
>% and switch line numbering on again
>\def\\{\isemptyline=1\crlf\isemptyline=0}
>
>\obeylines
>\dorecurse{30}{the text goes here\par}
>
>
\setuplinenumbering
[start=2,
step=2,
distance=-1em]
\startlinenumbering
\startlines
\fakewords{5}{8}
\fakewords{5}{8}
\fakewords{5}{8}
\fakewords{5}{8}
\fakewords{5}{8}
\fakewords{5}{8}
\fakewords{5}{8}
\fakewords{5}{8}
\stoplines
\stoplinenumbering
\setupparagraphnumbering[state=start,distance=-1em]
\fakewords{5}{8} \par
\fakewords{5}{8} \par
\fakewords{5}{8} \par
\fakewords{5}{8} \par
\fakewords{5}{8} \par
\fakewords{5}{8} \par
\fakewords{5}{8} \par
\fakewords{5}{8} \par
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