On 2012-04-22 17:16, Marco Pessotto wrote:
>
> Dear list,
>
> I use \(start|stop)lines[spaces=on] to typeset poetry, which seems the
> right thing to do to preserve eventual initial whitespace.
>
> Anyway, I encounter the following issues:
>
> %%%%============= cut here ============= %%%%%
> \starttext
>
> this is normal text.
>
> \startlines[space=on]
>
> this is a {\em test} with a long long long long line\footnote{this is
> a test with a long long long long line this is a test with a long
> long long long line this is a test with a long long long long line
> this is a test with a long long long long line}
>
> \stoplines
>
> Normal text again.
>
> \stoptext
> %%%%============= cut here ============= %%%%%
>
> First, the {\em test} consumes a whitespace, even if after a command the
> space is supposed to be eaten.Hi Marco, I remember I brought this up a while ago: http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/20100916.124413.0e12af0e.en.html Seems like one can avoid the spaces through grouping (or with “\gobbleoneargument”; or by using a single-argument wrapper instead of a font switch; or by using an active character for termination of the macro name; refer to spac-lin.mkiv, lines 18--31, for the official options). Hth Philipp -- () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments
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