I'm trying to use ConTeXt for playwriting, and I think it would be best to use
sections for dialog. However, if a dialog's text is interrupted by a page
break, it is customary to restate the character name followed by (continued) on
the following page:
--- open ---
John
My name is John, and I seek help with my
--- page break ---
John (cont'd)
typesetting needs...
--- end ---
Maybe what I need is instead a mark? Here's a catch though, I will also need
this to work for simultaneous dialog as well. This kind of dialog is
represented by having dialog sections in columns:
--- open ---
Alice Bob
John, you fool. John, you imbecile.
--- page break ---
Alice (cont'd)
Don't you know that
everyone uses Word
to typeset their plays?
--- end ---
How can I do this kind of thing in ConTeXt? At the moment, I've been looking
into adding a hook to shipout to prepend a section header with the last custom
mark I've set. Even still, I don't know if this would work, or how to go about
achieving this. If columns would be too difficult to implement, I'd be fine
with living without (continued) support in them since they are pretty rare.
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