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I have the following macro

\mainlanguage [de] \definepapersize[MyBook][A5] \setuppapersize[MyBook][A5] \definestartstop[Test][commands=\setups{Test}] \def\Test{\doTest} \def\Test[#1]{ \placeongrid[top]{ {\startalignment [flushleft] #1 \stopalignment \startalignment [flushright] (\bf Test Message) \stopalignment} \blank[big] } } \starttext \Test[Wrong] \Test[This one is correct, correct, correct, correct, correct.] This one is wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong. \startalignment [flushright] (\bf Test Message) \stopalignment \stoptext

with three examples. What I want is this:

\Test[#1] should produce #1 and #2 with the following properties:

  • #1 should be flushleft, #2 flushright
  • #2 should never be breaked into two lines
  • if they fit into one line, then they should do that, not like the above first example

How to do that?

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  • What if #1 or #2 is larger than a line? What if #1 + #2 is larger than a line. If you ignore these cases then \hbox to \textwidth{#1 \hfill #2} should work. Commented Nov 1, 2012 at 16:28
  • The only precondition is: #2 is smaller than a line. But #1 may be much larger, in any cases #1 should be flushleft and #2 should be flushright. And #2 should be in the last line of #1, if there is space for it. If not, then #2 has to be in the next line. Commented Nov 2, 2012 at 11:47
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    Are you trying to write attribution for quotes? Simply using \wordright{#2} should be sufficient. Commented Nov 2, 2012 at 12:25
  • Indeed, that is it! Commented Nov 2, 2012 at 14:43

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I am using the annotation module for a better key-value driven syntax (although you can also use \definestartstop). You can use \wordright{...} to place a word on the right. For example:

\usemodule[annotation] \defineannotation [Quote] [ alternative=command, spacebefore=big, spaceafter=big, command=\PlaceQuote, ] \define[2]\PlaceQuote {\startalignment[flushleft] \placeannotationcontent \stopalignment \blank[samepage] \wordright{\placeannotationtitle}} \setuppapersize[A5] \starttext \input ward \startQuote[title={Donald Knuth}] \input knuth \stopQuote \input ward \stoptext

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