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> Von: ntg-context <ntg-context-boun...@ntg.nl> Im Auftrag von Henning
> Hraban Ramm via ntg-context
> Gesendet: Freitag, 26. August 2022 23:27
> An: Denis Maier via ntg-context <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
> Cc: Henning Hraban Ramm <te...@fiee.net>
> Betreff: Re: [NTG-context] Parallel texts: verse with blanks between stanzas
> via tabulate
>
> Am 26.08.22 um 22:00 schrieb Denis Maier via ntg-context:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I need to typeset two poems side by side. Usually, I use the tabulate
> > environment for typesetting parallel texts. However, for poems this
> > does not quite work as tabulate does not seem to allow blanks between
> > the stanzas. See MWE below. Am I missing someting? Is there a better
> > way to achieve this?
>
> How about columnsets or paragraphs?
>
> \definecolumnset[Zwei][n=2]
> \startcolumnset[Zwei]
> \startlines
> Starlight, star bright,
> first star I see tonight;
> \stoplines
> \column
> \startlines
> I wish I may, I wish I might
> have the wish I wish tonight.
> \stoplines
> \stopcolumnset
>
>
> \defineparagraphs[Zwei][n=2]
> \setupparagraphs[Zwei][1][
> width=.45\textwidth, distance=2em,
> align={verytolerant,stretch}]
> % width of 2nd column is calculated automatically
>
> \startZwei
> ...
> \nextZwei
> ...
> \stopZwei
>
>
Ok, I've had a chance to look into this. Maybe I'm missing something, but
paragraphs cannot be split across pages. Is that correct? That's a bit of a
problem.
As for columnsets, they seem to change the output routine for the entire page.
Also not ideal in this case.
Denis
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