Re: typesetting verse?

[Aditya Mahajan <adityam@umich.edu>]

On Tue, 22 Aug 2006, Derek Schmidt wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Another simple question--have at it!
>
> I'd like to typeset some poetry. It should be

> indented,

\startnarrower .... \stopnarrower

> obey lines,

\startlines ... \stoplines (it is more customizable than \obeylines)

You can actually say

\setupindenting[medium] \startlines[indenting=yes] (other options are 
no, yes, odd, even) and see which one you like.

> and the lines should be close together, not like separate paragraphs.

\setupinterlinespace[line=2em] .... \endgraf (default is 2.4 em)

> So far I've got
>
> \definestartstop[verse][commands=\obeylines]

So you can try

\def\startverse%
   {\bgroup
    \setupinterlinespace[line=2em]
    \startlines[indenting=yes]}

\def\stopverse%
    {\stoplines
     \endgraf\egroup}


You could have also done the equivalent

\definestartstop[verse][before={\setupinterlinespace[line=2em]\startlines},
                         after={\stoplines\endgraf}]

Aditya