From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/30449 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Aditya Mahajan Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: typesetting verse? Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 00:24:07 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: References: <221cc89e0608222039p4132b4f0jb81c3713be4a59f0@mail.gmail.com> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1156307078 18036 80.91.229.2 (23 Aug 2006 04:24:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 04:24:38 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Wed Aug 23 06:24:36 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GFkI0-0003io-Qd for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Wed, 23 Aug 2006 06:24:28 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F4CE1FE61; Wed, 23 Aug 2006 06:24:27 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 03559-10; Wed, 23 Aug 2006 06:24:20 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7DECD1FE07; Wed, 23 Aug 2006 06:24:20 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id E44181FE07 for ; Wed, 23 Aug 2006 06:24:16 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 03886-01-3 for ; Wed, 23 Aug 2006 06:24:11 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from hackers.mr.itd.umich.edu (smtp.mail.umich.edu [141.211.14.81]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with SMTP id A0EAB1FDCF for ; Wed, 23 Aug 2006 06:24:09 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: FROM aditya.annarb01.mi.comcast.net (c-68-40-50-205.hsd1.mi.comcast.net [68.40.50.205]) BY hackers.mr.itd.umich.edu ID 44EBD867.51E5C.31978 ; 23 Aug 2006 00:24:08 -0400 Original-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users In-Reply-To: <221cc89e0608222039p4132b4f0jb81c3713be4a59f0@mail.gmail.com> X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.7 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:30449 Archived-At: 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