[NTG-context] \startlines and whitespace

[Aditya Mahajan]

On Tue, 16 May 2006, frantisek holop wrote:

> hi there,
>
> i am puzzled about the following issue.
> there's extra whitespace between the centered line
> and startlines, while when using \crlf, there is not.
> \startlines is an environment i guess (i come from latex)
> and some environments sometimes add extra whitespace
> in latex, if i recall correctly.
>
> when i use \nowhitespace between midaligned and startlines,
> the whitespace is smaller, but still there, depending on
> where the actual text is on the page.
>
> how can i get rid of the whitespace entirely?
>

Use the before and after mechanism.

\setuplines[before={\startnarrower[3cm]},after=\stopnarrower]

\midaligned{test}
\startlines
There snores -- I mean sleeps -- my wife so frail.
There snores -- I mean sleeps -- my wife so frail.
\stoplines

-- 
Aditya