> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----

> Von: ntg-context <ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl> Im Auftrag von Hans Hagen

> via ntg-context

> Gesendet: Montag, 29. August 2022 13:58

> An: ntg-context@ntg.nl

> Cc: Hans Hagen <j.hagen@xs4all.nl>

> Betreff: Re: [NTG-context] Parallel texts: verse with blanks between stanzas

> via tabulate

>

> On 8/29/2022 1:31 PM, Denis Maier via ntg-context wrote:

> >> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----

> >> Von: Hans Hagen <j.hagen@freedom.nl>

> >> Gesendet: Sonntag, 28. August 2022 10:41

> >> An: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>

> >> Cc: Maier, Denis Christian (UB) <denis.maier@unibe.ch>

> >> Betreff: Re: [NTG-context] Parallel texts: verse with blanks between

> >> stanzas via tabulate

> >>

> >> On 8/27/2022 11:25 PM, Denis Maier via ntg-context wrote:

> >>> Thanks, Wolfgang. That gives me a blank between the verses. However

> >>> the

> >> blank is rather huge and I don't see how I could make it smaller? Is

> >> it possible to do this?

> >> morning exercise attached (you can run the file)

> >>

> >> Hans

> >

> > Another, more general question on this: why is the function

> poetry.sidebyside defined twice? If I understand correctly, depending on the

> input one or the other will be used, but I don't see where that happens...

> the first can be commented as it is the first simple variant

>

 

I see.

 

Thanks for the updated version. So, that means the basic restriction is that blanks will need to be inserted between rows, right? We cannot have to two completely independent formatted poems, right? (For reference, see the attached PNG. This was done with paragraphs, and works as longs as this stays on a single page. One is one long stanza, the other one consists of multiple smaller stanzas.)

 

Denis