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?

 

Best,

Denis

 

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\startbuffer[lines]

\startlines[after={\blank}]

this

is

a

poem

 

with

two

stanzas

\stoplines

\stopbuffer

 

\starttext

 

With a blank between the stanzas:

\getbuffer[lines]

 

Without a blank between the stanzas:

\starttabulate[|p|p|]

\NC \getbuffer[lines]

\NC \getbuffer[lines]

\NC\NR

\stoptabulate

\stoptext

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