[NTG-context] problems with vertical spacing and boxes

2010-11-09 Thread Thomas A. Schmitz
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 XXX XX15 So: beginning of the line has a fixed space for the abbreviation of the speaker (if there is a speaker designation attached to the

Re: [NTG-context] problems with vertical spacing and boxes

2010-11-09 Thread Thomas A. Schmitz
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

Re: [NTG-context] problems with vertical spacing and boxes

2010-11-09 Thread Thomas A. Schmitz
On Nov 9, 2010, at 3:47 PM, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: You have to enable protrusion for natural tables your self with „align=hanging“. Another solution for your problem is to use descriptions: Thanks Wolfgang, I must remember align=hanging (had a similar problem with footnotes recently).

Re: [NTG-context] problems with vertical spacing and boxes

2010-11-09 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 09.11.2010 um 10:19 schrieb Thomas A. Schmitz: 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. You have to enable protrusion for natural

Re: [NTG-context] problems with vertical spacing and boxes

2010-11-09 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 09.11.2010 um 16:05 schrieb Thomas A. Schmitz: Thanks Wolfgang, I must remember align=hanging (had a similar problem with footnotes recently). Descriptions may be a way, but would it be possible to mimick my input syntax here: \MyLine{5}{Fa.}{This line is short.} and define a

Re: [NTG-context] problems with vertical spacing and boxes

2010-11-09 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 09.11.2010 um 16:05 schrieb Thomas A. Schmitz: On Nov 9, 2010, at 3:47 PM, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: You have to enable protrusion for natural tables your self with „align=hanging“. Another solution for your problem is to use descriptions: Thanks Wolfgang, I must remember

Re: [NTG-context] problems with vertical spacing and boxes

2010-11-09 Thread Thomas A. Schmitz
On Nov 9, 2010, at 4:53 PM, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: Another solution: \setupbodyfont[termes,12pt] \setupinterlinespace[line=4.5ex] \setupalign[hanging] \defineitemgroup[myline][width=1cm,symstyle=bold] \define[3]\MyLine {\startmyline\hsize=7cm \sym{#2}#3\wordright[2em]{#1}%