Hi all,
I need a somewhat unusual vertical setup for typesetting a play. Here is some
ASCII art that may show what I want:
SP XXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXX 15
So: beginning of the line has a fixed space for the abbreviation of the speaker
(if there is a speaker designation attached to the line). Then comes the line
itself, which fills ca. 80 % amount of the linewidth and needs to be broken as
a normal paragraph if it is longer than this space. At the end of the line,
another fixed space with the line number, flushright; this number needs to be
at the bottom of the paragraph. I have tried three different approaches, but
all of them have some problem. One thing to keep in mind: there will be around
3000 such lines, so this might affect processing time. So here are the three
approaches:
1. low-level, with boxes. Problem: messes up vertical spacing. (I have set the
interlinespace to an absurd dimension because this shows the problem in a
clearer way). I tried using \strut s at a few places, but couldn't get this to
work:
2. tabulate: nice, but I can't get the number to be aligned to the bottom. Is
there any parameter or trick for that?
3. baseline between columns is not aligned (maybe I'm missing the right
parameter?), extra vertical space is added.
Eagerly awaiting your suggestions!
All best
Thomas
\setupbodyfont[termes,12pt]
\setupinterlinespace[line=4.5ex]
\startbuffer
\MyLine{5}{Fa.}{This line is short.}
\MyLine{10}{Me.}{This line is slightly longer, so it will be broken into
two lines in the output.}
\MyLine{15}{Fa.}{This line is short again.}
\MyLine{20}{Me.}{Another longer line that will be broken into
two lines in the output.}
\MyLine{25}{Fa.}{And the last line.}
\stopbuffer
\starttext
\def\MyLine#1#2#3%
{\setbox\scratchbox\vbox{\hsize=6cm #3}\hbox{\vbox to \ht\scratchbox{\hbox to
1cm{\bf #2}\vfill}\vbox{\hsize=6cm #3\par}\vbox to \ht\scratchbox{\vfill\hbox
to 1cm{\hfill #1}}}}
\getbuffer
\definetabulate[ELine][|Blw(0.65cm)|p(5.8cm)|rw(0.8cm)|]
\def\MyLine#1#2#3%
{\startELine
\NC #2 \NC #3 \NC #1 \NR
\stopELine}
\getbuffer
\setupTABLE[column][1][width=1cm,frame=off,offset=0pt,,align={right}]
\setupTABLE[column][2][width=6cm,frame=off,align={normal}]
\setupTABLE[column][3][width=1cm,frame=off,align={left,low}]
\def\MyLine#1#2#3%
{\bTABLE
\bTR\bTD \bf #2 \eTD\bTD #3 \eTD\bTD #1 \eTD \eTR
\eTABLE}
\getbuffer
\stoptext
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