On Wed, 15 Sep 2010, John Haltiwanger wrote:
In general though, it is completely unnecessary, as poetry generally has no need to be defined in macros. But it's the edge cases, where I live :)
On the contrary, typesetting poerty can be very tricky. This is what I did once to typeset the divine comedy. Don't ask how I figured out the right value of the inbetween key :) \setupindenting [medium,yes] \setuplines[inbetween={\crlf\par\setupindenting[next]\testpage[3]},indenting=next] \starttext \startlines Midway upon the journey of our life I found myself within a forest dark, For the straightforward pathway had been lost. Ah me! how hard a thing it is to say What was this forest savage, rough, and stern, Which in the very thought renews the fear. So bitter is it, death is little more; But of the good to treat, which there I found, Speak will I of the other things I saw there. I cannot well repeat how there I entered, So full was I of slumber at the moment In which I had abandoned the true way. But after I had reached a mountain's foot, At that point where the valley terminated, Which had with consternation pierced my heart, ... \stoplines \stoptext Aditya