Re: overgang latex->context

[Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>]

Taco Hoekwater wrote:

> Hans' explanation is not really what 'description' does, I'm
> afraid. I've never tried to do something like this in context (the
> result is unvariably ugly in LaTeX, so why bother?).
> 
> For hans: the latex syntax is like:
> 
> \begin{description}
> \item[aap] Is a monkey
> \item[noot] Stuff a monkey eats
> \item[mies] Stuff a monkey would like to get his hands on
> \end{description}
> 
> Which results in an unsorted list kind of like itemize but with a
> user-suplied label. I tend to do these things through plain TeX
> definitions, and I think hans does so as well. So no real answer,

If someone can make me a texed latex example (ps/pdf) I can have a look.

\startitemize[4*broad]
\sym{aap} Who is a monkey
\stopitemize

can sometimes help. 

Hans

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