From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/61701 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Aditya Mahajan Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: HOWTO: Typesetting Poetry in ConTeXt Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 18:38:00 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: References: Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; Format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1284590275 32569 80.91.229.12 (15 Sep 2010 22:37:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 22:37:55 +0000 (UTC) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Thu Sep 16 00:37:53 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([195.12.62.10]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Ow0bx-0006F5-Ht for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Thu, 16 Sep 2010 00:37:53 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id C54BCCA66D; Thu, 16 Sep 2010 00:37:52 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id P0girQzHiCAb; Thu, 16 Sep 2010 00:37:50 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 12B99CA5FF; Thu, 16 Sep 2010 00:37:50 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id B7ACDCA5FF for ; Thu, 16 Sep 2010 00:37:48 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id FsWY+gq6NdK7 for ; Thu, 16 Sep 2010 00:37:46 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from filter2-til.mf.surf.net (filter2-til.mf.surf.net [194.171.167.218]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 579DECA58D for ; Thu, 16 Sep 2010 00:37:46 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from hackers.mr.itd.umich.edu (smtp.mail.umich.edu [141.211.14.81]) by filter2-til.mf.surf.net (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5+lenny1) with ESMTP id o8FMbiw2005027 for ; Thu, 16 Sep 2010 00:37:45 +0200 Original-Received: FROM web047100.wireless.mcgill.ca (web047100.Wireless.McGill.CA [142.157.47.100]) By hackers.mr.itd.umich.edu ID 4C914AB7.729CB.5225 ; Authuser adityam; 15 Sep 2010 18:37:43 EDT In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Alpine 2.01 (LNX 1266 2009-07-14) X-Bayes-Prob: 0.0001 (Score 0, tokens from: @@RPTN) X-CanIt-Geo: ip=141.211.14.81; country=US; region=MI; city=Ann Arbor; postalcode=48109; latitude=42.2923; longitude=-83.7145; metrocode=505; areacode=734; http://maps.google.com/maps?q=42.2923,-83.7145&z=6 X-CanItPRO-Stream: uu:ntg-context@ntg.nl (inherits from uu:default, base:default) X-Canit-Stats-ID: 0bD7aBJlf - 483017656748 - 20100916 X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 194.171.167.218 X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 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 Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:61701 Archived-At: On Wed, 15 Sep 2010, John Haltiwanger wrote: > Apologies, as a very significant aspect of this process was omitted in the > previous email! > > Don't forget to do: > > \setuplines[space=on] > > first! > > On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 9:45 AM, John Haltiwanger < > john.haltiwanger@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I thought I'd give the mailing list a small change of pace---instead of >> asking how to do it, I will show you :) >> >> The short answer is: >> >> \starttext >> My Concrete Poem >> >> \startlines >> All the white space >> will print ! >> \stoplines >> \stoptext >> >> >> However, \startlines..\stoplines is not available when defining a macro. What do you mean by that these macros are not available? Doesn't the following work? (untested, but I will be really surprised if it doesn't work) \def\startpoety {\startlines % All the remaining setup } \def\stoppoety {%whatever setup you want \stoplines} Aditya ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________