Re: Changing margins mid-page?

["Wolfgang Schuster" <schuster.wolfgang@googlemail.com>]

On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 10:28 PM, Alexandros Frantzis
<alfius@freemail.gr> wrote:
>
> I, too, am trying to create a similar CV layout. As I have already
> reported in other emails to the list, I have been having trouble when
> the first thing after the title is an enumeration. More specifically,
> the first item of the enumeration is not aligned with the title in the
> margin (it is always placed a bit below). Unfortunately, this still
> happens when using descriptions.
>
> A way around this is to use something like \setupitemize[before=\vskip -20pt].
> But this is specific to the font sizes I am using and a bit ugly. I have tried
> suppressing the whitespace around itemizations (nowhite, joinedup) and/or using
> stuff like \blank[disable] and \blank[back] but to no avail.
>
> Does anyone know of a better, more generic way of doing this or even if
> it is possible (judging from the lack of answers to my previous posts I
> am guessing this is not something trivial)?
>
> Thanks,
> Alexandros
>
> ------------------- START CODE ------------------------
> \definedescription[desc][location=inmargin,width=broad]
>
> \starttext
>
> \startdesc{Description1}
> This is the text of desc1.
> This is the text of desc1.
> This is the text of desc1.
> This is the text of desc1.
> This is the text of desc1.
> This is the text of desc1.
> This is the text of desc1.
> \stopdesc
>
> \startdesc{Description2}
>
> \startitemize[packed,nowhite,joinedup]
> \item First item (should be right next to title)
> \item Second item
> \item Third item
> \stopitemize
>
> \stopdesc

\startdesc{Description2}
%
\quad\startitemize[text,packed,nowhite,joinedup]
\item First item (should be right next to title)\par
\item Second item\par
\item Third item
\stopitemize

\stopdesc

> \stoptext
> -------------------- END CODE ------------------------

Wolfgang
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