Adrian Drury wrote: > Hello, > > I'm having trouble using dropped caps within \startlines\stoplines. > I'm trying to typeset some poetry and I'm using > \setuplines[space=yes]. I'd like to use dropped caps and have the > indented lines be additionally indented by any space at the beginning > of the lines. > > See the following example - the first part shows roughly the result I > want (but with manual formatting/spacing), the second part shows the > result of \DroppedCaps inside \startlines\stoplines, and the third > part uses the lettrine module. The lettrine module comes close, but > Nindent doesn't seem to affect the indented lines within > \startlines\stoplines. > > \usemodule[lettrine] > \def\MyDroppedCaps% > { \DroppedCaps > {} {Serif} {2\baselineskip} {2pt} {1\baselineskip} {2} > } > \setuplines[space=yes] > > \starttext > \MyDroppedCaps S{\sc umer} is icumen in,\crlf > \hbox to .6em{}Lhude sing cuccu!\crlf > Groweth sed, and bloweth med,\crlf > \hbox to .6em{}And springth the wude nu---\crlf > \hbox to 3.3em{}Sing cuccu! > > \startlines > \MyDroppedCaps S{\sc umer} is icumen in, > Lhude sing cuccu! > Groweth sed, and bloweth med, > And springth the wude nu--- > Sing cuccu! > \stoplines > > \startlines > \lettrine{S}{umer} is icumen in, > Lhude sing cuccu! > Groweth sed, and bloweth med, > And springth the wude nu--- > Sing cuccu! > \stoplines > \stoptext > > Any suggestions for how to do this? I'm a beginning ConTeXt user, so > if there's a better/different way to do this, I'd be happy to hear it! > > Also, I read the list in digest form. For the benefit of people using > threaded mail readers, is there a better way to reply to individual > messages than replying to the digest message and editing the Subject > line appropriately? > > Thanks very much, > Adrian Drury > _______________________________________________ > ntg-context mailing list > ntg-context@ntg.nl > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context > >
Try \startlines \vbox{\lettrine{S}{umer} is icumen in,\crlf Lhude sing cuccu!} Groweth sed, and bloweth med, And springth the wude nu--- Sing cuccu! \stoplines -- Radhelorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context