Actually, the tabbing environement is not a good solution in this case anyways it seems because it creates its own indent and a line break with the rest of the poem...<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 7:50 PM, Michael Lommel <<a href="mailto:michael.lommel@gmail.com">michael.lommel@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Greetings,<div><br></div><div>Two distinct questions:</div><div><br></div><div>(1)</div><div><br></div><div>with <div>
<br></div><div>\documentclass{book}</div><div>\usepackage{verse}</div><div><br></div><div>the command </div>
<div><br></div><div>\vinphantom doesn't seem available.</div><div><br></div><div>It works with</div><div><br></div><div>\documentclass{memoir}</div><div><br></div><div>Without using memoir, is there a way to get \vinphantom?</div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>(2)</div><div><br></div><div>I would like to subtract the value of \vinphantom from a fixed value to create an offset inline. I started out with:</div><div><br></div><div><div>\poemtitle{Amor vs Odio}</div>
<div>\settowidth{\versewidth}{¡Ódiame! mmmmmm ¡No lo odies!}</div><div>\begin{verse}[\versewidth]</div><div>¡Ódiame!\vinphantom{¡Ódiame!}\hspace{6em} ¡No lo odies!\\</div><div>Porque vengo\vinphantom{Porque vengo}\hspace{6em}¡Ámame!\\</div>
<div>del naciente\vinphantom{del naciente} \hspace{6em}¡Ámalo!\\</div><div>¡Ódialo!\vinphantom{¡Ódialo!}\hspace{6em}¡Amémonos!\\</div><div><br></div><div>Then realized I need to subtract the \vinphantom value from the fixed em value so that the remainder of each line is lined up as if with a tab.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I know there is a tabbing environment, but would like to take this opportunity to learn something more general about how to subtract variable values...</div><div><br></div><div>ciao --</div><div>Michael </div>
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