Thank you very much for your answer. Your suggestions will ask for some time to study (I am just above beginner's level in Vim). I shall mail you - if you do not mind - if I need clarification about those two tools. Thanks again.
On Jun 19, 11:56 pm, John Magolske <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > * ThG <[email protected]> [110619 12:08]: > > > I use Vim to write a book. > > Each Vim line ended by a carriage return will be a paragraph of the > > book. Thus a single Vim line (which is wrapped, e.g. with a 80 > > character screen in 10 screen lines) can end as a 15 line paragraph in > > the book. But I have one problem : I want to make quotes of poetry, > > such as (Coleridge RAM.2) > > > The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew, > > The furrow followed free; > > We were the first that ever burst > > Into that silent sea. > > [...] > > I'm not sure what typsetting system(s) you are using/considering, but > if you'd like to typset a book from the comfort of your text editor, > I'd suggest taking a look at ConTeXt [1] and Pandoc [2]. ConTeXt is a > very capable document processor and Pandoc is a tool that can convert > from a simple format like Markdown [3] to a variety of other formats, > including HTML and ConTeXt. Not sure how possible it would be to make > these tools do exactly what you're looking for or how much work might > be involved...but I do know there are templates in Pandoc that make > it possible to customize the ConTeXt it will output. Here's a thread > from the ConTeXt mailing list [4] discussing specifically how to > typeset poetry. Both of these projects are actively maintained by very > knowledgeable communities. > > [1]http://wiki.contextgarden.net/What_is_ConTeXt > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ConTeXt > > [2]http://johnmacfarlane.net/pandoc/ > > [3]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markdown > > [4]http://www.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2010/052369.html > > HTH, > > John > > -- > John Magolskehttp://B79.net/contact -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php
