Hi all, I need a somewhat unusual vertical setup for typesetting a play. Here is some ASCII art that may show what I want: SP XXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXX 15 So: beginning of the line has a fixed space for the abbreviation of the speaker (if there is a speaker designation attached to the line). Then comes the line itself, which fills ca. 80 % amount of the linewidth and needs to be broken as a normal paragraph if it is longer than this space. At the end of the line, another fixed space with the line number, flushright; this number needs to be at the bottom of the paragraph. I have tried three different approaches, but all of them have some problem. One thing to keep in mind: there will be around 3000 such lines, so this might affect processing time. So here are the three approaches: 1. low-level, with boxes. Problem: messes up vertical spacing. (I have set the interlinespace to an absurd dimension because this shows the problem in a clearer way). I tried using \strut s at a few places, but couldn't get this to work: 2. tabulate: nice, but I can't get the number to be aligned to the bottom. Is there any parameter or trick for that? 3. baseline between columns is not aligned (maybe I'm missing the right parameter?), extra vertical space is added. Eagerly awaiting your suggestions! All best Thomas \setupbodyfont[termes,12pt] \setupinterlinespace[line=4.5ex] \startbuffer \MyLine{5}{Fa.}{This line is short.} \MyLine{10}{Me.}{This line is slightly longer, so it will be broken into two lines in the output.} \MyLine{15}{Fa.}{This line is short again.} \MyLine{20}{Me.}{Another longer line that will be broken into two lines in the output.} \MyLine{25}{Fa.}{And the last line.} \stopbuffer \starttext \def\MyLine#1#2#3% {\setbox\scratchbox\vbox{\hsize=6cm #3}\hbox{\vbox to \ht\scratchbox{\hbox to 1cm{\bf #2}\vfill}\vbox{\hsize=6cm #3\par}\vbox to \ht\scratchbox{\vfill\hbox to 1cm{\hfill #1}}}} \getbuffer \definetabulate[ELine][|Blw(0.65cm)|p(5.8cm)|rw(0.8cm)|] \def\MyLine#1#2#3% {\startELine \NC #2 \NC #3 \NC #1 \NR \stopELine} \getbuffer \setupTABLE[column][1][width=1cm,frame=off,offset=0pt,,align={right}] \setupTABLE[column][2][width=6cm,frame=off,align={normal}] \setupTABLE[column][3][width=1cm,frame=off,align={left,low}] \def\MyLine#1#2#3% {\bTABLE \bTR\bTD \bf #2 \eTD\bTD #3 \eTD\bTD #1 \eTD \eTR \eTABLE} \getbuffer \stoptext
Oh, I forgot one important detail: I have protrusion enabled, so I need protrusion for the main text (argument #2). This works with the low-level approach, but not with the other ones, I think. On Nov 9, 2010, at 10:12 AM, Thomas A. Schmitz wrote:
Hi all,
I need a somewhat unusual vertical setup for typesetting a play. Here is some ASCII art that may show what I want:
SP XXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXX 15
So: beginning of the line has a fixed space for the abbreviation of the speaker (if there is a speaker designation attached to the line). Then comes the line itself, which fills ca. 80 % amount of the linewidth and needs to be broken as a normal paragraph if it is longer than this space. At the end of the line, another fixed space with the line number, flushright; this number needs to be at the bottom of the paragraph. I have tried three different approaches, but all of them have some problem. One thing to keep in mind: there will be around 3000 such lines, so this might affect processing time. So here are the three approaches:
1. low-level, with boxes. Problem: messes up vertical spacing. (I have set the interlinespace to an absurd dimension because this shows the problem in a clearer way). I tried using \strut s at a few places, but couldn't get this to work:
2. tabulate: nice, but I can't get the number to be aligned to the bottom. Is there any parameter or trick for that?
3. baseline between columns is not aligned (maybe I'm missing the right parameter?), extra vertical space is added.
Eagerly awaiting your suggestions!
All best
Thomas
\setupbodyfont[termes,12pt]
\setupinterlinespace[line=4.5ex]
\startbuffer \MyLine{5}{Fa.}{This line is short.}
\MyLine{10}{Me.}{This line is slightly longer, so it will be broken into two lines in the output.}
\MyLine{15}{Fa.}{This line is short again.}
\MyLine{20}{Me.}{Another longer line that will be broken into two lines in the output.}
\MyLine{25}{Fa.}{And the last line.} \stopbuffer \starttext
\def\MyLine#1#2#3% {\setbox\scratchbox\vbox{\hsize=6cm #3}\hbox{\vbox to \ht\scratchbox{\hbox to 1cm{\bf #2}\vfill}\vbox{\hsize=6cm #3\par}\vbox to \ht\scratchbox{\vfill\hbox to 1cm{\hfill #1}}}}
\getbuffer
\definetabulate[ELine][|Blw(0.65cm)|p(5.8cm)|rw(0.8cm)|]
\def\MyLine#1#2#3% {\startELine \NC #2 \NC #3 \NC #1 \NR \stopELine}
\getbuffer
\setupTABLE[column][1][width=1cm,frame=off,offset=0pt,,align={right}] \setupTABLE[column][2][width=6cm,frame=off,align={normal}] \setupTABLE[column][3][width=1cm,frame=off,align={left,low}]
\def\MyLine#1#2#3% {\bTABLE \bTR\bTD \bf #2 \eTD\bTD #3 \eTD\bTD #1 \eTD \eTR \eTABLE}
\getbuffer
\stoptext
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Am 09.11.2010 um 10:19 schrieb Thomas A. Schmitz:
Oh, I forgot one important detail: I have protrusion enabled, so I need protrusion for the main text (argument #2). This works with the low-level approach, but not with the other ones, I think.
You have to enable protrusion for natural tables your self with „align=hanging“. Another solution for your problem is to use descriptions: \definefontfeature[default][default][protrusion=quality] \setupbodyfont[termes,12pt] \setupinterlinespace[line=4.5ex] \setupalign[hanging] \starttext \definedescription [Fa] [text=Fa., width=1cm, command=\currentdescriptionlabel\gobbleoneargument, distance=0pt, title=yes, %style={\hsize10cm}, closesymbol=\rlap{\quad\currentdescriptiontitle}] \Fa{15} \input knuth\par \stoptext Wolfgang
On Nov 9, 2010, at 3:47 PM, Wolfgang Schuster wrote:
You have to enable protrusion for natural tables your self with „align=hanging“.
Another solution for your problem is to use descriptions:
Thanks Wolfgang, I must remember align=hanging (had a similar problem with footnotes recently). Descriptions may be a way, but would it be possible to mimick my input syntax here: \MyLine{5}{Fa.}{This line is short.} and define a description that will take "5" as "closesymbol" and "Fa." as "text"? Otherwise, I'd need to define a description for every speaking character. Thomas
Am 09.11.2010 um 16:05 schrieb Thomas A. Schmitz:
Thanks Wolfgang, I must remember align=hanging (had a similar problem with footnotes recently). Descriptions may be a way, but would it be possible to mimick my input syntax here:
\MyLine{5}{Fa.}{This line is short.}
and define a description that will take "5" as "closesymbol" and "Fa." as "text"? Otherwise, I'd need to define a description for every speaking character.
Another solution: \setupbodyfont[termes,12pt] \setupinterlinespace[line=4.5ex] \setupalign[hanging] \defineitemgroup[myline][width=1cm,symstyle=bold] \define[3]\MyLine {\startmyline\hsize=7cm \sym{#2}#3\wordright[2em]{#1}% \stopmyline} \starttext \MyLine{5}{Fa.}{This line is short.} \MyLine{12}{Ma.}{\input knuth } \MyLine{8}{Pa.}{\input ward } \stoptext When you’re going to use this for a long document i suggest an alternative method for the input: \MyLine[lines=...,speaker=...] ... \par and \startMyLine[lines=...,speaker=...] ... \stopMyLine Wolfgang
On Nov 9, 2010, at 4:53 PM, Wolfgang Schuster wrote:
Another solution:
\setupbodyfont[termes,12pt]
\setupinterlinespace[line=4.5ex]
\setupalign[hanging]
\defineitemgroup[myline][width=1cm,symstyle=bold]
\define[3]\MyLine {\startmyline\hsize=7cm \sym{#2}#3\wordright[2em]{#1}% \stopmyline}
\starttext
\MyLine{5}{Fa.}{This line is short.}
\MyLine{12}{Ma.}{\input knuth }
\MyLine{8}{Pa.}{\input ward }
\stoptext
When you’re going to use this for a long document i suggest an alternative method for the input:
\MyLine[lines=...,speaker=...] ... \par
and
\startMyLine[lines=...,speaker=...] ... \stopMyLine
Wolfgang
Yes, this looks good! I use the macro in a slightly more complex situation, so my "real" syntax is \MyLine[<number>][yes|no][<Speaker>]{<line content>} where yes|no determines whether the number should be displayed or not and the third argument (the speaker) is optional; it it's there, it will be typeset in the space at the beginning of the line. Complex, but makes it easy to read my source... Thanks! Thomas
Am 09.11.2010 um 16:05 schrieb Thomas A. Schmitz:
On Nov 9, 2010, at 3:47 PM, Wolfgang Schuster wrote:
You have to enable protrusion for natural tables your self with „align=hanging“.
Another solution for your problem is to use descriptions:
Thanks Wolfgang, I must remember align=hanging (had a similar problem with footnotes recently). Descriptions may be a way, but would it be possible to mimick my input syntax here:
\MyLine{5}{Fa.}{This line is short.}
and define a description that will take "5" as "closesymbol" and "Fa." as "text"? Otherwise, I'd need to define a description for every speaking character.
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