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From: Vladimir Lomov <lomov.vl@gmail.com>
To: ntg-context@ntg.nl
Subject: Re: Seems `\definedescription' do not work
Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2012 21:27:49 +0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120429122749.GJ1360@smoon> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <6EF44E9A-EDD7-41A5-9C50-6892EF23B4BF@googlemail.com>

Hello Wolfgang,

** Wolfgang Schuster [2012-04-29 09:14:57 +0200]:


> Am 29.04.2012 um 08:48 schrieb Vladimir Lomov:

>> Hello,

>> I borrow this example from wiki:
>> <example file="ex2.tex">
>> %\setupbodyfont[computer-modern-unicode,12pt]

>> \definedescription
>>  [Desc]
>>  [location=top,hang=20,
>>   headstyle={\bf\color[blue]},
>>   command=\hskip-1cm,margin=1cm]

>> \starttext
>> \startDesc{Tufte}
>> \input tufte
>> \stopDesc
>> \stoptext
>> </example>


> The problem is \color which expects a argument for the text to be colored (e.g. \color[blue]{…}) which is never the case when you put it in a style key but you can use the color key to set the value.

Yes, it is true, I saw some topics about that on ML but forgot (this
example from my old code).

> \definedescription
>  [description]
>  [alternative=top,
>   headstyle=bold,
>   headcolor=blue,
>   headcommand={\offset[x=-1cm]},
>   margin=1cm]

Thanks, this is much "cleaner" solution. (Again, I already saw message
about change from `location=' to `alternative='.)

> \starttext

> \input tufte

> \startdescription{Tufte}
> \input tufte
> \stopdescription

> \stoptext

> Wolfgang

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      reply	other threads:[~2012-04-29 12:27 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-04-29  6:48 Vladimir Lomov
2012-04-29  7:14 ` Wolfgang Schuster
2012-04-29 12:27   ` Vladimir Lomov [this message]

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