\startalignment

Syntax

\startalignment[...] ... \stopalignment
[...]	width flushleft flushright middle inner outer wide broad height bottom line reset hanging nothanging hyphenated nothyphenated

Description

Use a different alignment for the content between \startalignment...\stopalignment. For a description of the keys, see \setupalign.

Example

\setuppapersize[A6]
\setupalign[flushleft, nothyphenated]

\input ward

\startalignment[flushright]
\input ward
\stopalignment

If one wants to center a figure or a table, or something similar, then one should add \dontleavehmode.

% Tell the wiki engine where the cow is located
\setupexternalfigures[location={local,default}]

\input ward

\startalignment[middle]% or center
\dontleavehmode
\externalfigure[cow][width=2cm]
\stopalignment

See also

• \setupalign to setup alignment for the entire document
• \startmathalignment for alignment in mathematical environments, and the Using \startalign My Way linked from the My Way index page.
• \startalign is a synonym for \startmathalignment. It merely uses the AMSTeX naming convention instead of the ConTeXt one.

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All issues with:

• startalignment (as subject; in the source)