Re: Multiline descriptions do not line up

[Henri Menke <henrimenke@gmail.com>]

This looks a lot like an engine bug.  Maybe in the application of \leftskip.

On Sat, 2017-07-08 at 23:45 -0400, Rik Kabel wrote:
> What is needed to align descriptions when the description text is wrapped? Items seven and
> thirteen below are particularly bad, and in a real document the error is significantly greater.
> \definedescription [Desc]
>                    [headstyle=\tf,alternative=hanging]
> \definelayer       [vLine]
> \setlayer          [vLine]
>                    [x=3.385cm]{\blackrule[color=red,width=0.2pt,height=\textheight]}
> \setupbackgrounds  [text]
>                    [background=vLine]
> \starttext
>   \startDesc{one}
>       Description of item one. Description of item one.% Description of item one.
>   \stopDesc
>   \startDesc{two}
>       Description of item two. Description of item two.% Description of item two.
>   \stopDesc
>   \startDesc{three}
>       Description of item three. Description of item three.% Description of item three.
>   \stopDesc
>   \startDesc{four}
>       Description of item four. Description of item four.% Description of item four.
>   \stopDesc
>   \startDesc{five}
>       Description of item five. Description of item five.% Description of item five.
>   \stopDesc
>   \startDesc{six}
>       Description of item six. Description of item six.% Description of item six.
>   \stopDesc
>   \startDesc{seven}
>       Description of item seven. Description of item seven. Description of item seven.
>   \stopDesc
>   \startDesc{eight}
>       Description of item eight. Description of item eight. Description of item eight.
>   \stopDesc
>   \startDesc{nine}
>       Description of item nine. Description of item nine. Description of item nine.
>   \stopDesc
>   \startDesc{ten}
>       Description of item ten. Description of item ten. Description of item ten.
>   \stopDesc
>   \startDesc{eleven}
>       Description of item eleven. Description of item eleven. Description of item eleven.
>   \stopDesc
>   \startDesc{twelve}
>       Description of item twelve. Description of item twelve. Description of item twelve.
> Description of item twelve. Description of item twelve. Description of item twelve. Description of
> item twelve. Description of item twelve. Description of item twelve.
>   \stopDesc
>   \startDesc{thirteen}
>       Description of item thirteen. Description of item thirteen. Description of item thirteen.
> Description of item thirteen. Description of item thirteen. Description of item thirteen.
> Description of item thirteen. Description of item thirteen. Description of item thirteen.
>   \stopDesc
> \stoptext
> -- 
> Rik
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