[NTG-context] Re: \par and \startlines

[Wolfgang Schuster <wolfgang.schuster.lists@gmail.com>]

denismaier@mailbox.org schrieb am 30.04.2024 um 14:28:
>> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>> Von: Wolfgang Schuster <wolfgang.schuster.lists@gmail.com>
>> Gesendet: Samstag, 27. April 2024 07:40
>> An: Denis Maier <denismaier@mailbox.org>
>> Cc: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
>> Betreff: Re: [NTG-context] Re: \par and \startlines
>>
>> Denis Maier schrieb am 26.04.2024 um 19:52:
>>
>>> I see. But there's no command that could be used to simulate an empty line?
>>> If not, me should I perhaps try to replicate the wrapper structure
>>> from the XML source in context? (I'll also look into the format module
>>> of
>>> course.) What do you think?
>> Below is a different solution to your problem with works without \startlines
>> because you already mark up each individual line in the poem which make it
>> possible to add a linebreak in the output.
>>
>> With \blank options (samepage) you can avoid pagebreaks between stanzas.
>>
>> \startxmlsetups xml:test
>>       \xmlsetsetup{#1}{*}{-}
>>       \xmlsetsetup{#1}{doc|poem|stanza|line}{xml:*}
>> \stopxmlsetups
>>
>> \xmlregistersetup{xml:test}
>>
>> \startxmlsetups xml:doc
>>       \xmlflush{#1}
>> \stopxmlsetups
>>
>> \startxmlsetups xml:poem
>>       \blank[line]
>>       \xmlflush{#1}
>>       \blank[back,line]
>> \stopxmlsetups
>>
>> \startxmlsetups xml:stanza
>>      \xmlflush{#1}\blank[preference,line]
>> \stopxmlsetups
>>
>> \startxmlsetups xml:line
>>       \xmlflush{#1}\blank[samepage,none]
>> \stopxmlsetups
>>
>> \startbuffer[test]
>> <?xml version='1.0' standalone='yes?>
>> <doc>
>> <poem>
>> <stanza>
>> <line>The</line>
>> <line>lines</line>
>> <line>are</line>
>> <line>there!</line>
>> </stanza>
>> <stanza>
>> <line>The</line>
>> <line>lines</line>
>> <line>are</line>
>> <line>there!</line>
>> </stanza>
>> <stanza>
>> <line>The</line>
>> <line>lines</line>
>> <line>are</line>
>> <line>there!</line>
>> </stanza>
>> </poem>
>> </doc>
>> \stopbuffer
>>
>> \starttext
>>
>> \samplefile{lorem}
>>
>> \xmlprocessbuffer{test}{test}{}
>>
>> \samplefile{lorem}
>>
>> \stoptext
> Thanks for this solution. I've had a quick look, and it seems to do exactly what I need. My requirements are rather simple at the moment, but that should be sufficient, but to repeat Hraban's question: What would be the advantage of using the format module?

The module provides features like

     - alignment of the verse lines
     - numbering of the lines (which isn't supported by \startlines 
unless you add the normal linenumbering mechanism)
     - support for lines which don't fit on a single page where the 
consecutive lines are indented

but the module is outdated and relies on an old mkii style code base.

A big difference between the \startlines environment and the format 
module is that the first treats
each line in the input file as a separate line in the output while the 
format module requires begin/end
tags for each line which works better for xml input.

Wolfgang

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