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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. – Aditya Nov 1 '12 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. – Mustafa Nov 2 '12 at 11:47
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Are you trying to write attribution for quotes? Simply using \wordright{#2} should be sufficient. – Aditya Nov 2 '12 at 12:25
Indeed, that is it! – Mustafa Nov 2 '12 at 14:43

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