yet another question about itemize

["Gary Pajer" <pajer@iname.com>]

I'll take this chance to point out a long-standing problem/misunderstanding
that's causing me some grief:


It seems to me that the 'before' and 'after' keywords used in the third
argument of \setupitemize are operative only if 'columns' are also
specified.  In the example below, the hairlines disappear if the 'columns'
keyword is eliminated.  [columns, one] almost does it, but the indentation
is
not as expected.

Feature, bug, or misunderstanding?

BTW:   can the lengths of the two hairlines in this example be made to be
the same length?  What's causing the indentation of the first hairline?

Regards,
Gary

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\setupitemize[2][a,packed,columns][before={\hairline},after={\hairline}]
\setupitemize[1][n]

\starttext
\startitemize
%
\item Level One
%
\startitemize
\item first
\item second
\item third
\stopitemize
%
\item Forgot a level
%
\startitemize
\item one
\item two
\item three
\stopitemize
%
\item Level two
%
\startitemize
\item here's one
\item here's another
\item finally this
\stopitemize
%
\stopitemize
%
\stoptext