I was having fun with this as well while Hans was writing his generic solution.
Here is an explicit ‘indent each 2nd and 3rd line’: %%%%%%%% \unprotect \installindentingmethod {three} {\c_spac_indentation_toggle_state\plusthree} \unexpanded\def\spac_indentation_tri_toggle_indeed {\glet\checkindentation\spac_indentation_tri_toggle} \unexpanded\def\spac_indentation_tri_toggle {\gdef\checkindentation {\spac_indentation_remove \gdef\checkindentation{\spac_indentation_tri_toggle_indeed}}} % this next macro is redefinition of a core macro ! \def\spac_indentation_check_toggle {\ifcase\c_spac_indentation_toggle_state % nothing \or \spac_indentation_no_toggle \or \spac_indentation_do_toggle \or \spac_indentation_tri_toggle \fi} \protect %%%%%%%%%% to be used with: \setuplines[indenting=three] Best wishes, Taco > On 2 Jul 2020, at 15:01, Tommaso Gordini <illinguista1...@gmail.com> wrote: > > \starttext > > \setupindenting[yes,1em] > \setuplines[indenting=even] > > \startlines > Per correr miglior acque alza le vele > omai la navicella del mio ingegno, > che lascia dietro a sé mar sì crudele; > e canterò di quel secondo regno > dove l'umano spirito si purga > e di salire al ciel diventa degno. > \stoplines > > \stoptext Taco Hoekwater Elvenkind BV ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://context.aanhet.net archive : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________