Hanging indent in startstoplines for poems
Hello, I have a question regarding hanging indentation in startstoplines-environment. So I try to use ConTeXt to typeset poems. In some texts/poems ar long lines, which have to be broken. They should be broken into hanging indentations. That means: Every line of poem should start left. If a poemline is longer than text width, the rest of this line should be indented in a new text line. (just like here) The width of this indentation should be fixed (e.g. 3em). The width of this indentation shouldn't depend on a word. It would be fine, if I don't have to set (poem)linebreaks. Additionally, it should still be able to indent a verse (e.g. a chorus), for instance using narrower. Hyphenation should be switched off inside the poems. So I found \setuphanging, but these instruction seems made another job---indenting a paragraph to be placed right beside the first words of the paragraph. That's the example, which does not work (all lines are indented) %<-------------- snip --------------------------------------- \definestartstop[verse] [command={\setupwhitespace[1.2em]}% % follow the grid ,before={\setupindenting[-2em,yes]% % trial to construct \startnarrower[2em]% % hanging indent \startalignment[flushleft]% % even inter-word-dist. \startlines% % no justification \indenting[first]}% ,after={\stoplines% \stopalignment% \stopnarrower% \endgraf}] \starttext Three lines, first should be broken: \startverse FIRST---this should be one line, please remove linebreaks made by the mail programms or similiar possibly until HERE. SECOND---next line without carriage return or line feed, THIRD---because startstoplines accept linebreaks. FOURTH---is also one who don't make much words. \stopverse \stoptext %<-------------- snap --------------------------------------- Any idea how to do that? Thanks for help Torsten
Am 29.03.10 17:29, schrieb Torsten Suhling:
Hello,
I have a question regarding hanging indentation in startstoplines-environment.
So I try to use ConTeXt to typeset poems. In some texts/poems ar long lines, which have to be broken. They should be broken into hanging indentations.
Any idea how to do that?
\definelines [verse] [indenting={yes,-2em,first}, before={\startnarrower[2em]}, after=\stopnarrower, % style={\setupalign[flushleft,nothyphenated]}, style={\raggedright\nohyphens}, ] @Hans, can you change \setupalign to \unexpanded\def\setupalign {\dosingleargument\dosetupalign} else it can't be used in the style key. Wolfgang
On 29-3-2010 17:53, Wolfgang Schuster wrote:
Am 29.03.10 17:29, schrieb Torsten Suhling:
Hello,
I have a question regarding hanging indentation in startstoplines-environment.
So I try to use ConTeXt to typeset poems. In some texts/poems ar long lines, which have to be broken. They should be broken into hanging indentations.
Any idea how to do that?
\definelines [verse] [indenting={yes,-2em,first}, before={\startnarrower[2em]}, after=\stopnarrower, % style={\setupalign[flushleft,nothyphenated]}, style={\raggedright\nohyphens}, ]
@Hans, can you change \setupalign to
\unexpanded\def\setupalign {\dosingleargument\dosetupalign}
else it can't be used in the style key.
sure, but i'd expected you to implement a proper align=... then -) i made a few more in that module unexpanded i'll upload a beta in a couple of minutes so you were just in time Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------
Am 29.03.10 18:51, schrieb Hans Hagen:
@Hans, can you change \setupalign to
\unexpanded\def\setupalign {\dosingleargument\dosetupalign}
else it can't be used in the style key. sure, but i'd expected you to implement a proper align=... then -) no problem but what comes next, spacebefore/after, setups, interlinespace ...
new keys are a way is it a good idea to add a new one just to use have a setup function like alignment? Wolfgang
Hello, thanks for the help, attached snippet seems to work. So I guess my question basicly was caused by misunderstandings in using define/setup commands. Is there a document describing the grammar of context---how to use or to combine \setupsomething, \definesomething ttartstosomethig or \setupanything{something=[]}?
Wolfgang Schuster wrote:
% style={\setupalign[flushleft,nothyphenated]}, style={\raggedright\nohyphens},
Sorry for stupid question, but is there a difference between \nohyphens and \nothyphenated ? Thanks Torsten %<----- snip -------------------------------------------------- \setupoutput[dvi] \setupwhitespace[1.2em] \definestartstop[verse] [command={% \setupwhitespace[1.2em]% },style={% \raggedright\nohyphens% },before={% \setuplines[indenting={yes,-2em,first}]% \setupnarrower[left=2em]% \startnarrower[left]% blockindent only left \startlines% },after={% \stoplines% \stopnarrower% \setuplines[indenting={no}]% must be reseted \endgraf% }] \starttext Three lines, first should be broken: \startverse FIRST---this should be one line, please remove linebreaks, made by the mail programms, until HERE. SECOND---next line without carriage return or line feed, THIRD---startstoplines accept linebreaks, so this is a new line. FOURTH---fourth line also do not make much words. \stopverse \stoptext %<----- snip --------------------------------------------------
Am 30.03.10 23:34, schrieb Torsten Suhling:
Hello,
thanks for the help, attached snippet seems to work.
So I guess my question basicly was caused by misunderstandings in using define/setup commands.
Is there a document describing the grammar of context---how to use or to combine \setupsomething, \definesomething ttartstosomethig or \setupanything{something=[]}? Just combine them in the way you need it in your document.
http://pragma-ade.com/show-man-10.htm
Wolfgang Schuster wrote:
% style={\setupalign[flushleft,nothyphenated]}, style={\raggedright\nohyphens},
Sorry for stupid question, but is there a difference between \nohyphens and \nothyphenated ? The second line are the commands which are used when your write \setupalign[flushleft,nothyphenated] but when I wrote my mail it wasn't possible to use \setupalign with the style key (works now but i guess only in mkiv).
Wolfgang
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