\defineparagraphs, \setupparagraphs newbie question
hi there, i am trying to step a 2 column paragraph \defineparagraphs [poem][n=2] \setupparagraphs [poem][1][width=.4\textwidth] \startpoem poemtitle \poem \startlines ... ... \stoplines \stoppoem the second column is always in \startlines .. \stoplines it is not clear to me after reading the manual what are before, after, inner, or that if these could be used for something like this. -f -- smile, its the second best thing you can do with your lips.
frantisek holop wrote:
it is not clear to me after reading the manual what are before, after, inner, or that if these could be used for something like this.
To replace the \startlines ... \stoplines you mean? no. To see what the options do, simply run something like this: \defineparagraphs [poem][n=2,before=b,after=a,inner=i] Cheers, Taco
hmm, on Thu, Mar 09, 2006 at 09:46:28AM +0100, Taco Hoekwater said that
frantisek holop wrote:
it is not clear to me after reading the manual what are before, after, inner, or that if these could be used for something like this.
To replace the \startlines ... \stoplines you mean? no.
yes, i should have been clearer :) as the style is always the same and i am lazy, i want to save myself the typing of \startlines and \stoplines for the second column :) so there is no way i could set up the 2nd paragraph like that? maybe a macro or something?
To see what the options do, simply run something like this:
\defineparagraphs [poem][n=2,before=b,after=a,inner=i]
that's a good idea, will play with it :) -f -- if i die, i forgive you, if i recover, we shall see.
frantisek holop wrote:
as the style is always the same and i am lazy, i want to save myself the typing of \startlines and \stoplines for the second column :)
Understandable ;-) Some extra magic is needed (newlines are rather special). The following bit of code seems to work on a simple case, but i give no guarantees: % \defineparagraphs [Poem][n=2] \setupparagraphs [Poem][1][width=.4\textwidth] \def\startpoem#1\poem {\def\poemtitle{#1}\begingroup\obeylines\domypoem} \def\domypoem#1\stoppoem {\endgroup\startPoem\poemtitle\Poem\startlines #1\stoplines\stopPoem} \starttext \startpoem poemtitle \poem ... ... \stoppoem \stoptext % EOF Cheers, Taco
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