Re: [NTG-context] Parallel texts: verse with blanks between stanzas via tabulate

-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: ntg-context Im Auftrag von Henning Hraban Ramm via ntg-context Gesendet: Freitag, 26. August 2022 23:27 An: Denis Maier via ntg-context Cc: Henning Hraban Ramm Betreff: Re: [NTG-context] Parallel texts: verse with blanks between stanzas via tabulate

Am 26.08.22 um 22:00 schrieb Denis Maier via ntg-context:

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Hi,

I need to typeset two poems side by side. Usually, I use the tabulate environment for typesetting parallel texts. However, for poems this does not quite work as tabulate does not seem to allow blanks between the stanzas. See MWE below. Am I missing someting? Is there a better way to achieve this?

How about columnsets or paragraphs?

\definecolumnset[Zwei][n=2] \startcolumnset[Zwei] \startlines Starlight, star bright, first star I see tonight; \stoplines \column \startlines I wish I may, I wish I might have the wish I wish tonight. \stoplines \stopcolumnset

\defineparagraphs[Zwei][n=2] \setupparagraphs[Zwei][1][ width=.45\textwidth, distance=2em, align={verytolerant,stretch}] % width of 2nd column is calculated automatically

\startZwei ... \nextZwei ... \stopZwei

Ok, I've had a chance to look into this. Maybe I'm missing something, but paragraphs cannot be split across pages. Is that correct? That's a bit of a problem. As for columnsets, they seem to change the output routine for the entire page. Also not ideal in this case. Denis