From: Hans Hagen <j.hagen@xs4all.nl>
To: Wolfgang Schuster <wolfgang.schuster.lists@gmail.com>,
mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Subject: Re: Typesetting poetry with particular indenting
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2020 16:48:44 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <7f1e44e8-2eb1-c513-3311-28a6ecde4e78@xs4all.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ff214df4-1416-b679-0514-28d500873ae0@gmail.com>
On 7/2/2020 4:15 PM, Wolfgang Schuster wrote:
> Hans Hagen schrieb am 02.07.2020 um 15:40:
>> On 7/2/2020 3:01 PM, Tommaso Gordini wrote:
>>> Hi everyone.
>>>
>>> I am typesetting a poetry text in triplets and I would like the
>>> second and third lines of each triplet to be indented (i.e., in the
>>> next example, verse no. 2, 3, 5, and 6).
>>>
>>> Is it possible to get what I ask for with ConTeXt?
>>>
>>> The most I managed to do is this:
>>>
>>> \starttext
>>>
>>> \setupindenting[yes,1em]
>>> \setuplines[indenting=even]
>>>
>>> \startlines
>>> Per correr miglior acque alza le vele
>>> omai la navicella del mio ingegno,
>>> che lascia dietro a sé mar sì crudele;
>>> e canterò di quel secondo regno
>>> dove l'umano spirito si purga
>>> e di salire al ciel diventa degno.
>>> \stoplines
>>>
>>> \stoptext
>>>
>>> but that's not what I want.
>> I'll add this
>>
>> \setuplines[indentnext={0pt,10pt,15pt,20pt}]
>>
>> % \setuplines[indentnext={0pt,*,*}]
>>
>> which then is a challenge for WS to get in the setups and for you to
>> wikify
>
> Are you sure you use the correct key?
Well, we have that key (and maybe some day we can do that for all), i
was wondering about 'left' but then we'd need some \cycle command or so
Hans
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-07-02 14:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-07-02 13:01 Tommaso Gordini
2020-07-02 13:40 ` Hans Hagen
2020-07-02 14:15 ` Wolfgang Schuster
2020-07-02 14:48 ` Hans Hagen [this message]
2020-07-02 14:59 ` Wolfgang Schuster
2020-07-02 13:56 ` Taco Hoekwater
2020-07-02 14:48 ` Tommaso Gordini
2020-07-02 15:05 ` Wolfgang Schuster
2020-07-02 15:14 ` Tommaso Gordini
2020-07-02 15:33 ` Tommaso Gordini
2020-07-02 18:46 ` Wolfgang Schuster
2020-07-02 21:29 ` Floris van Manen
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