Command/setupdelimitedtext

Syntax (autogenerated)

\setupdelimitedtext[...,...][...=...,...]
[...,...]	name name:number
before	command
after	command
language	local global language
method	font
repeat	yes no
location	text paragraph margin
left	command
middle	command
right	command
nextleft	command
nextright	command
spacebefore	see \blank
spaceafter	see \blank
leftmargin	yes no standard dimension
rightmargin	yes no standard dimension
indenting	see \setupindenting
indentnext	yes no auto
style	style command
color	color
symstyle	style command
symcolor	color

Syntax

\setupdelimitedtext[name][n][...,...=...,...]
[name]	name of the delimitedtext to set up
[n]	(optional) nesting level to set up (1 = outermost)
location	margin text paragraph: function unknown
spacebefore	dimension: space above delimitedtext fragment
spaceafter	dimension, spacebefore by default: space below delimitedtext fragment
style	normal bold italic, etc
color	color
leftmargin	dimension: distance to edge of the page's left margin area
rightmargin	dimension, leftmargin by default
indentnext	yes no
before	command
after	command
left	text
middle	text
right	text
level=0,	unknown, 0 by default
repeat	no yes
method	unknown

TODO: The above describes MkII syntax. MkIV/LMTX syntax is different. See the parenthesis example below (See: To-Do List)

Description

Set up the appearance of a delimitedtext environment defined earlier with \definedelimitedtext. \quotation and \quote are delimitedtexts, too, so you can also set up those with this command; but for those you can also use the special commands \setupquotation and \setupquote.

Most of the parameters are self-explanatory, but two things should be borne in mind:

Nearly all of the parameters apply only if the new kind of text is invoked with \startmydelimitedtext : if one uses \mydelimitedtext{...} , only left and right have any effect.

MkII only : leftmargin contains the distance to the actual left margin, not to the edge of the body text. If the new delimitedtext inherits from quotation , the text will be indented a bit with respect to the body text; if you want to line them up, set the leftmargin to \leftmargindistance rather than to 0pt .

Examples

Alternative quotation marks

\definedelimitedtext[mydt]
\setupdelimitedtext[mydt][left=\leftguillemot,right=\rightguillemot]

\quotation{Clancy of the Overflow}, by Banjo Paterson

\startmydt
  And an answer came directed in a manner unexpected, and I
  think the same was written with a thumbnail dipped in tar;
  ’t was his shearing-mate who wrote it, and verbatim I will quote it:
  \quotation{Clancy's gone to Queensland droving, and we don't know where he are.}
\stopmydt

Even more alternative quotation marks

\setupdelimitedtext
  [quotation]
  [ left={\offset[y=.5\strutdp]{\mirror{\externalfigure[cow][height=\dimexpr\strutht+.5\strutdp\relax]}}\nbsp},
right={\nbsp\offset[y=.5\strutdp]{\externalfigure[cow][height=\dimexpr\strutht+.5\strutdp\relax]}}]

\quotation{I’m a poor, lonesome cowboy...}

Smart parenthesis

\definedelimitedtext[parenthesis][location=text]
\setupdelimitedtext [parenthesis:1] [left={(}, right={)}]
\setupdelimitedtext [parenthesis:2] [left={[}, right={]}]
\setupdelimitedtext [parenthesis:3] [left={\{}, right={\}}]

\starttext

\parenthesis{My outer layer \parenthesis{my inner layer \parenthesis{my innermost layer}}}

\stoptext

Multiparagraph quotations

In English typography there is a custom of opening each paragraph in a multiparagraph quotation with a “repeated” opening quotation sign. This behavior may be turned on using the repeat switch and middle key, for example:

\setupquotation[repeat=yes, middle=“]                % or equivalently
\setupdelimitedtext[quotation][repeat=yes, middle=“]

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