Creating a glossary page. Better way of doing it?

[lsf22]

Renpy Version: 8.0.3

I'm trying to create a glossary page. I want to know if there is a way of doing it better. For example, do I have to use a bunch of lines of "text" codes for it? Is there one better suited for using much longer bodies of text? Isn't there a limit to how long the "text" code can be for this?
I just want to include at least 5 words with their definitions.

example code:

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screen gallery_glossary_section(): #

    tag menu

    frame:
        xalign 0.5
        yalign 0.04
        hbox:
            text "Glossary" size 66

    frame:
        xalign 0.4
        yalign 0.2
        vbox:
            text "word"
            text "11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111"
            text "22222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222"
            text "33333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333"
            text "44444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444"
            text "55555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555"

    frame:
        xalign 0.4
        yalign 0.6
        vbox:
            text "word 2"
            text "11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111"
            text "22222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222"
            text "33333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333"
            text "44444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444"
            text "55555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555"

    frame:
        xalign 0.022
        yalign 0.022
        vbox:
            textbutton "Return" action Return()

I have attached an image example as well.

[Ocelot]

No, you don't have to use multiple text displayables. Here is an example: https://i.imgur.com/zFWEQsg.png
That defines a single string (I used triple quoted string so I can use line breaks naturally). It is then is displayed by text displayable in viewport.

Text does have some limits, as it didn't like whole script of bee movie dumped into it, it cut off after certain amount of lines. But unless you are planning to display whole novel in one screen, that should not be a problem.

[Kaji]

While I need help figuring out one minor lingering bug in it, I've got a screen I built out based on another glossary model found in the forums here that allows for detailed layouts for each entry (e.g. if you wanted to add single images or an image gallery to an entry). You can view the code for all of that here: viewtopic.php?f=8&t=65736

Edit: Bug fixed!

[bonnie_641]

Another example
viewtopic.php?f=51&t=51990&p=556519#p556519

[lsf22]

Thanks for the suggestions. I was able to create my own glossary.

Some of the inspiration came from the cutesy Atelier Series, specifically Atelier Sophie 1.