On Wed, 23 Aug 2006, Derek Schmidt wrote:

Aditya,

With the first group of code, I get "indenting=yes" actually appearing in there; yet the lines aren't indented or closer together (vertically). I removed the '%' but that didn't seem to make a difference.

Sorry, that should have been \setuplines[indenting=yes]. Have a look at the code posted by Hans sometime back. Aditya

On 8/23/06, Aditya Mahajan wrote:

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On Tue, 22 Aug 2006, Derek Schmidt wrote:

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Hi,

Another simple question--have at it!

I'd like to typeset some poetry. It should be

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indented,

\startnarrower .... \stopnarrower

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obey lines,

\startlines ... \stoplines (it is more customizable than \obeylines)

You can actually say

\setupindenting[medium] \startlines[indenting=yes] (other options are no, yes, odd, even) and see which one you like.

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and the lines should be close together, not like separate paragraphs.

\setupinterlinespace[line=2em] .... \endgraf (default is 2.4 em)

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So far I've got

\definestartstop[verse][commands=\obeylines]

So you can try

\def\startverse% {\bgroup \setupinterlinespace[line=2em] \startlines[indenting=yes]}

\def\stopverse% {\stoplines \endgraf\egroup}

You could have also done the equivalent

\definestartstop[verse][before={\setupinterlinespace[line=2em]\startlines}, after={\stoplines\endgraf}]

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Aditya Mahajan wrote:

On Wed, 23 Aug 2006, Hans Hagen wrote:

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Derek Schmidt wrote:

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Hi,

Another simple question--have at it!

I'd like to typeset some poetry. It should be indented, obey lines, and the lines should be close together, not like separate paragraphs. So far I've got

\definestartstop[verse][commands=\obeylines]

What next?

\startlines...\stoplines

has provisions for odd/even indentation and such

also, indentation settings can handle odd/even stuff

Aparantly not! The following simple example does not give me indenting of odd lines (unless I misunderstood the feature)

\setupindenting[medium] \setuplines[indenting=odd]

\starttext \startlines first second third fourth \stoplines

\stoptext

\showframe \starttext \setupindenting[medium,first] \setuplines[indenting=no] \startlines first second third fourth first second third fourth \stoplines \setuplines[indenting=yes] \startlines first second third fourth first second third fourth \stoplines \setuplines[indenting=odd] \startlines first second third fourth first second third fourth \stoplines \setuplines[indenting=even] \startlines first second third fourth first second third fourth \stoplines \page \setupindenting[no] first \par second \par third \par fourth \blank first \par second \par third \par fourth \blank \setupindenting[yes] first \par second \par third \par fourth \blank first \par second \par third \par fourth \blank \setupindenting[odd] first \par second \par third \par fourth \blank first \par second \par third \par fourth \blank \setupindenting[even] first \par second \par third \par fourth \blank first \par second \par third \par fourth \blank \setupindenting[next] first \par second \par third \par fourth \blank first \par second \par third \par fourth \blank \setupindenting[first] first \par second \par third \par fourth \blank first \par second \par third \par fourth \blank \stoptext ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------

Ah, this has been very helpful indeed. Thanks all. On 8/23/06, John R. Culleton wrote:

On Tuesday 22 August 2006 23:39, Derek Schmidt wrote:

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Hi,

Another simple question--have at it!

I'd like to typeset some poetry. It should be indented, obey lines, and the lines should be close together, not like separate paragraphs. So far I've got

\definestartstop[verse][commands=\obeylines]

What next?

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In a book being set in plain pdftex I used the following;

\newcount\numberoflines \newcount\stanza \stanza=5

\def\bpoem{% \\ \begingroup \everypar={\kern .18\hsize\advance\numberoflines1 \ifodd\numberoflines \ifnum\numberoflines=\the\stanza \vskip-\baselineskip\medskip\numberoflines=0\relax\fi% \else% \quad\fi}% \obeylines}

\def\epoem{\everypar={}\par\endgroup\bigskip} ---------------------------------------------------- For each poem the quantity \stanza would be set first. Stanza is the number of lines in each stanza plus one. A four lines per stanza poem gets the value of 5.

Then the poem would be enclosed in \bpoem \epoem statements.

Most pdftex statements will execute in Context. But if not, then the above can be used as pseudocode to guide the process.

The poems themselves would look like e.g:

\bpoem `` The things of Christ the Spirit takes, And to our heart reveals, Our bodies He His temple makes, And our redemption seals.

Almighty Spirit! Visit thus, Our hearts, and guide our ways, Pour down thy quickening grace on us, And tune our lips to praise.'' \epoem

Most pdftex statements will execute in Context. But if not, then the above can be used as pseudocode to guide the process.

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