Re: [NTG-context] Protect the lettrine - Thangalin via ntg-context

From: Thangalin via ntg-context <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Cc: Thangalin <thangalin@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [NTG-context] Protect the lettrine
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2023 14:11:43 -0700	[thread overview]
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Here's the output I'm looking to achieve:

https://i.stack.imgur.com/XeZQS.png

Note how the second line honours the lettrine's width and padding, in the
same way that the second line of the first paragraph in Knuth's quote
respects the width and padding.

On Tue, Jun 13, 2023 at 2:01 PM Thangalin <thangalin@gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks Otared,
>
> Unfortunately, that's adding content between \starttext and \stoptext,
> which isn't tenable in my situation. The user is writing in Markdown, which
> is automatically converted to XHTML then passed to ConTeXt, and so the
> setups need to account for this scenario without modifying the source
> document.
>
> Cheers!
>
> On Tue, Jun 13, 2023 at 1:30 AM Otared Kavian via ntg-context <
> ntg-context@ntg.nl> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Adding \hfill\break to the short line solves the issue, but probably
>> there is a better way to achieve the correct result.
>>
>> \setupinitial[n=2]
>>
>> \setuphead[chapter][
>>   after={\placeinitial},
>>   page=no,
>> ]
>>
>> \starttext
>> \chapter{one}
>> Kermit Ruffins \hfill\break % <---
>>
>> Meet me at the second line.
>>
>> \chapter{two}
>> \input knuth
>>
>> Meet me at the second line.
>> \stoptext
>>
>>
>> Best regards: Otared
>>
>> On 13 Jun 2023, at 04:43, Thangalin via ntg-context <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
>> wrote:
>>
>> I'm using KeenWrite Themes (specifically, Boschet) to typeset a chapter
>> wherein the first letter is a lettrine. When the first paragraph is too
>> short, the second paragraph overlaps the lettrine.
>>
>> % SOT
>> \setupinitial[n=2]
>>
>> \setuphead[chapter][
>>   after={\placeinitial},
>>   page=no,
>> ]
>>
>> \starttext
>> \chapter{one}
>> Kermit Ruffins
>>
>> Meet me at the second line.
>>
>> \chapter{two}
>> \input knuth
>>
>> Meet me at the second line.
>> \stoptext
>> % EOT
>>
>> Produces: https://i.stack.imgur.com/kNDqw.png
>>
>> How would you instruct ConTeXt to "protect" the lettrine such that
>> regardless of whether the first paragraph spans multiple lines, a short
>> first paragraph will still prevent the second paragraph from overlapping
>> the lettrine?
>>
>> That is, the setups should work in both cases, without any knowledge
>> about the first paragraph length being added between \starttext and
>> \stoptext.
>>
>> ConTeXt LMTX version: 2023.06.04 18:58
>>
>> Thank you!
>>
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>>
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