Re[2]: About itemize

[Giuseppe Bilotta <gip.bilotta@iol.it>]

HH> first of all, we're not dealing with a bug, it's a feature; so, if some 
HH> other behavior is wanted, it should be an option of extension to existing 
HH> mechanisms, nog a replacement.

HH> there is one thing we should keep in mind: naive users are not always aware 
HH> of tex's empty line == par, so this is why \start/\stop things are 
HH> consistent in absense or presense of them;

HH> distinguishing between display and semi-display is therefore not that 
HH> trivial, and the best option is separate environments, like

HH>    \startquotation ... \stopquotation

HH> (or \startdquotation ... \stopdquotation for display quotation) versus

HH>    \startpquotation ... \stoppquotation

HH> for an in-paragraph one (like we have with formulas, see core-mat.tex)

HH> that way, one knows what to expect, since it's clear from the coding, and 
HH> not from a (forgotten, or accidental) empty line

HH> another option is to have a dedidated environment

HH> \startinparagraph ... \stopinparagraph

HH> or \startcontinue ... \stopcontinue

HH> which nills the surrounding whitespace and inhibits the next indent. (this 
HH> should be not that hard to implement)

This latter alternative sounds awfully 'redundant' (too much code
for a simple thing); the first sounds somewhat better, but the
best solution IMO is to have an option/conditional \obeypars or
something like that. When true, empty lines after startstops
denote paragraph and lack of empty lines denote "remaining in the
same paragraph"; when false, current ConTeXt behaviour is kept.

Maybe we may want to have a per-startstop option
(obeypars=true,obeypars=false) together/in place of the global
\obeypars/\noobeypars (or \obeyparstrue/\obeyparsfalse).

Let's say that the best thing (again IMO) is to have a global
option, overridable in each startstop: the obeypars key in
startstops would then accept the values true (force true), false
(force false), default (behave according to the global setting).

Does this sound sensible?

-- 
Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta