Ok guys, thanks. I eventually went with this:
\setupindenting[medium,first]
\def\startverse%
{\bgroup
\setupinterlinespace[medium]
\setuplines[indenting=yes]
\startlines}
\def\stopverse%
{\stoplines
\endgraf\egroup}
On 8/23/06, Aditya Mahajan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> On Tue, 22 Aug 2006, Derek Schmidt wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> Another simple question--have at it!
> >>>
> >>> I'd like to typeset some poetry. It should be
> >>
> >>> indented,
> >>
> >> \startnarrower .... \stopnarrower
> >>
> >>> 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.
> >>
> >>> and the lines should be close together, not like separate paragraphs.
> >>
> >> \setupinterlinespace[line=2em] .... \endgraf (default is 2.4 em)
> >>
> >>> 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}]
> >>
> >> Aditya
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