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 > >> _______________________________________________ > >> ntg-context mailing list > >> ntg-context@ntg.nl > >> http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > ntg-context mailing list > > ntg-context@ntg.nl > > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context > > > > > > > > -- > Aditya Mahajan, EECS Systems, University of Michigan > http://www.eecs.umich.edu/~adityam || Ph: 7342624008 > _______________________________________________ > ntg-context mailing list > ntg-context@ntg.nl > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context > _______________________________________________ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context