frantisek holop wrote:
hi there,
the following is a minimal example of the layout i am working on.
-----------------------%<------------------------- % output=pdftex
\enableregime[latin2]
\setuppapersize [A5][A5]
\defineparagraphs [poem][n=2] \setupparagraphs [poem][1][width=.35\textwidth] \setupparagraphs [poem][2][rule=on]
\starttext
\startpoem \section{poem} \poem\startlines line 1 line 2 \page line 3 line 4 \stoplines\stoppoem \stoptext -----------------------%<-------------------------
when the poem gets long, i need to start a new page obviously. but page is not working. what am i missing here?
that it's unbreakable stuff (vbox)
also, using \page is one thing, good for me, so i could tell, flush the page right here, but i thought i'll get an automatic pagebreak when the text gets to the bottom....
sorry if this is a very silly question, just getting my feet wet with context.... thanks
actually, this is a rather complex situation; one could use a tabulate the complication is in the line and in the fact that you want to use a section command \setuppapersize[A5][A5] \starttext \setupcolors[state=start] \definetextbackground [poem] [state=start, location=paragraph, background=color, backgroundcolor=red] \definehead[Poem][section] \setuphead[Poem][alternative=poemtitle,before={\blank[2*big]},after={\vskip-\lineheight},page=,style=\bfa] % works, but may not be that robust) % % \defineheadplacement[poemtitle][horizontal]#1#2% % {\margintitle{\hskip\measure{SavedLeftSkip}#1\enspace#2}} \defineheadplacement[poemtitle][vertical]#1#2% {\setupparagraphintro[first][{\llap{\hbox to \leftskip{#1\enspace#2\hss}}}]} \setuplines[before=,after=] \def\StartPoem#1% {\startnarrower[5*left] % \expanded{\definemeasure[SavedLeftSkip][\the\leftskip]} \Poem{#1} \starttextbackground[poem] \startlines} \def\StopPoem {\stoplines \stoptextbackground \stopnarrower} \showframe \StartPoem{xxx} line 1 line 2 \StopPoem \setuptextbackground [poem] [mp=mpos:par:poem] \startuseMPgraphic{mpos:par:poem} for i = 1 upto nofmultipars : draw leftboundary multipars[i] shifted (-.5EmWidth,0) dashed evenly withpen pencircle scaled 1pt withcolor .8red ; endfor ; \stopuseMPgraphic \StartPoem{zzz} line 1 line 2 \StopPoem \startuseMPgraphic{mpos:par:poem} for i = 1 upto nofmultipars : draw multipars[i] enlarged .5ExHeight rightenlarged -.5ExHeight dashed evenly withpen pencircle scaled 1pt withcolor .8red ; endfor ; \stopuseMPgraphic \StartPoem{qqq} line 1 line 2 line 3 \dorecurse{100}{line 4:\recurselevel\par} \StopPoem \stoptext I leave it up to you (or others) to wikify this example. It looks more complex than it is. By using a mp graphic you have more options watch what happens if you add \page \startuseMPgraphic{mpos:par:poem} for i = 1 upto nofmultipars : multipars[i] := multipars[i] enlarged .5ExHeight rightenlarged -.5ExHeight; drawoptions ( dashed evenly withpen pencircle scaled 1pt withcolor .8red ) ; if multilocs[i] = 1 : draw llcorner multipars[i] -- ulcorner multipars[i] -- urcorner multipars[i] -- lrcorner multipars[i] ; elseif multilocs[i] = 3 : draw ulcorner multipars[i] -- llcorner multipars[i] -- lrcorner multipars[i] -- urcorner multipars[i] ; else : draw leftboundary multipars[i] ; draw rightboundary multipars[i] ; fi ; endfor ; \stopuseMPgraphic \StartPoem{hhh} \dorecurse{200}{line \recurselevel\par} \StopPoem ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------