%% %% This is file `villon.tex', %% generated with the docstrip utility. %% %% The original source files were: %% %% ledpar.dtx (with options: `villon') %% %% Author: Author: Peter Wilson Maïeul Rouquette maieul at maieul dot net (Herries Press) herries dot press at earthlink dot net %% Copyright 2004, 2005 Peter R. Wilson %% %% This work may be distributed and/or modified under the %% conditions of the LaTeX Project Public License, either %% version 1.3 of this license or (at your option) any %% later version. %% The latest version of the license is in %% http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt %% and version 1.3 or later is part of all distributions of %% LaTeX version 2003/06/01 or later. %% %% This work has the LPPL maintenance status "unmaintained". %% %% This work consists of the files listed in the README file. %% %%% villon.tex Example parallel columns \documentclass{article} \addtolength{\textheight}{-10\baselineskip} \usepackage{ledmac,ledpar} %% Use r instead of R to flag right text line numbers \renewcommand{\Rlineflag}{r} %% Use the flag in the notes \let\oldBfootfmt\Bfootfmt \renewcommand{\Bfootfmt}[3]{% \let\printlines\printlinesR \oldBfootfmt{#1}{#2}{#3}} \begin{document} I thought that limericks were peculiarly English, but this appears not to be the case. As with most limericks this one is by Anonymous. \vspace*{\baselineskip} \begin{pairs} %% no indentation \setstanzaindents{0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0} %% no number flag \renewcommand{\Rlineflag}{} %% draw a rule and widen the columns \setlength{\columnrulewidth}{0.4pt} \setlength{\Lcolwidth}{0.46\textwidth} \setlength{\Rcolwidth}{\Lcolwidth} \begin{Leftside} %% set left text line numbering sequence \firstlinenum{2} \linenumincrement{2} \linenummargin{left} \beginnumbering \stanza Il y avait un jeune homme de Dijon, & Qui n'avait que peu de religion. & Il dit: `Quant \`{a} moi, & Je d\'{e}teste tous les trois, & Le P\`{e}re, et le Fils, et le Pigeon.' \& \endnumbering \end{Leftside} \begin{Rightside} %% different right text line numbering sequence \firstlinenum{1} \linenumincrement{2} \linenummargin{right} \beginnumbering \stanza There was a young man of Dijon, & Who had only a little religion, & He said: `As for me, & I detest all the three, & The Father, the Son, and the Pigeon.' \& \endnumbering \end{Rightside} \Columns \end{pairs} \vspace*{\baselineskip} The following is verse \textsc{lxxiii} of Fran\c{c}ois Villon's \textit{Le Testament} (The Testament), composed in 1461. %% Allow for hanging indentation for long lines \setstanzaindents{1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0} %% Columns wider than the default \setlength{\Lcolwidth}{0.46\textwidth} \setlength{\Rcolwidth}{\Lcolwidth} \vspace*{\baselineskip} \begin{pairs} \begin{Leftside} \firstlinenum{2} \linenumincrement{2} \linenummargin{left} \beginnumbering \stanza Dieu mercy et Tacque Thibault, & Qui tant d'eaue froid m'a fait boire, & Mis en bas lieu, non pas en hault, & Mengier d'angoisse maints \edtext{poire}{\lemma{poire d'angoisse}% \Afootnote{This has a triple meaning: literally it is the fruit of the choke pear, figuratively it means `bitter fruit', and it also refers to a torture instrument.}}, & Enferr\'{e} \ldots Quant j'en ay memoire, & Je Prie pour luy \edtext{\textit{et reliqua}}{\Afootnote{and so on}}, & Que Dieu luy doint, et voire, voire! & Ce que je pense \ldots \textit{et cetera}. \& \endnumbering \end{Leftside} \begin{Rightside} \firstlinenum{2} \linenumincrement{2} \linenummargin{right} \beginnumbering \stanza Thanks to God --- and to \edtext{Tacque Thibaud}{% \Bfootnote{A favourite of Jean, Duc de Berry and loathed for his exactions and debauchery. Villon uses his name as an insulting nickname for Thibaud d'Auxigny, the Bishop of Orl\'{e}ans.}} & Who made me drink so much \edtext{cold water}{% \Bfootnote{Can either refer to the normal prison diet of bread and water or to a common medieval torture which involved forced drinking of cold water.}}, & Put me underground instead of higher up & And made me eat such bitter fruit, & In chains \ldots When I think of this, & I pray for him---\textit{et reliqua;} & May God grant him (yes, by God) & What I think \ldots \textit{et cetera}. \& \endnumbering \end{Rightside} \Columns \end{pairs} \vspace*{\baselineskip} The translation and notes are by Anthony Bonner, \textit{The Complete Works of Fran\c{c}ois Villon}, published by Bantam Books in 1960. \end{document} \endinput %% %% End of file `villon.tex'.