Oh, I forgot one important detail: I have protrusion enabled, so I need
protrusion for the main text (argument #2). This works with the low-level
approach, but not with the other ones, I think.
On Nov 9, 2010, at 10:12 AM, Thomas A. Schmitz wrote:
> 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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