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== Description == Set default values for the <code>left</code>, <code>right</code>, and <code>middle</code> parameters of {{cmd|startnarrower}}. {{cmd|startnarrower}} will still use <code>middle</code> by default, unless you specify <code>left</code> for <code>right</code>, but you need no longer specify the width of the extra margin(s) requested.
<tt>\{{cmd|startnarrower</tt> }} (<tt>\startsmaller</tt> in dutch) is one of the oldest commands in ConTeXt. It predates the now-normal conventions by a few years.
Don't Don’t expect any changes to <tt>\{{cmd|startnarrower</tt>}}. But perhaps a A more predictable alternative could be addedis {{cmd|startnarrow}}.
this is narrowerA thief was he, of very high repute, being patronized by the lofty and elect, for he stole nothing smaller than the Moomoo's egg, and in all his life stole only four kinds of stone---the ruby, the diamond, the emerald, and the sapphire; and, as jewellers go, his honesty was great.
\setupnarrower[middle=3cm]and was to be found on the lap of the spider-idol, Hlo-hlo, in his temple of Moung-ga-ling; for he had heard that Thangobrind was a thief to be trusted. \startnarrower % [middle] is defaultblankthis is narrower\stopnarrowerrightaligned{---Lord Dunsany, \quote{Distressing Tale of Thangobrind the Jeweller},} Long text that is longer then the preceding text\rightaligned{{\it The Book of Wonder}}
<tt>[[* {{cmd:|startnarrower}}* {{cmd|\startnarrower]]</tt>startnarrow}}* {{cmd|definenarrower}}
Command/setupnarrower (view source)
Revision as of 09:15, 27 December 2021
, 09:15, 27 December 2021links to \startnarrow, simplification/updates
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== [[Help:Reference|Syntax]] (autogenerated) ==<table cellspacing="4" cellpadding="2" class="cmd"syntax> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="cmd">\setupnarrower<span class="first" >[...,...=...,...]</span></td> </tr> <tr valign="top" class="first"> <td class="cmd">[[Command/keyword:left|left]]</td> <td>[[Command/value:dimension|dimension]] </td> </tr> <tr valign="top" class="first"> <td class="cmd">[[Command/keyword:right|right]]</td> <td>[[Command/value:dimension|dimension]] </td> </tr> <tr valign="top" class="first"> <td class="cmd">[[Command/keyword:middle|middle]]</td> <td>[[Command/value:dimension|dimension]] </td> </tr></tablesyntax>
== Description ==
== Comment ==
The use of narrower is a bit abnormal.
== Example ==
<context source="yes" text="yields">Long text that is longer then the following text\setuppapersize[A5]\setupnarrower[middle=1cm, left=3cm2cm, right=3cm2cm] When Thangobrind the jeweller heard the ominous cough, he turned at once upon that narrow way.
\startnarrower[left,right]
\stopnarrower
% or\startnarrower without any arguments is equivalent to \startnarrower[middle]\startnarrowerNow there was a Merchant Prince who had come to Thangobrind and had offered his daughter's soul for the diamond that is larger than the human head \stopnarrower
</context>
== See also ==
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[[Category:CommandsCommand/Paragraphs|setupnarrower]]
