Hanging definition

Hanging definition

[John R. Culleton]

I want to create a definition that is set up similar to an itemize, or 
more particularly like page 180 in the Context Manual, third example 
from the top of the page. Here is what I have:
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 \definedescription[Stars]
[width=broad,location=hanging,hang=broad,sample={***}]

\Stars{*} Rounded to nearest \$100

\Stars{**} Provided by RBC Asset Management Inc. Actual fund return 
plus an additional 4.0\% annually

\Stars{***} Back-tested return reduced by 4.0\% annually\par} 
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... but each item is packed to the left and not blocked like an \item 
in a list. I want something like
*     foofoo
**   foofoo
*** foofoo.....
      foobar

...but I get
* foofoo
** foofoo
*** foofoo
foobar


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Re: Hanging definition

[Taco Hoekwater]

John R. Culleton wrote:
> I want to create a definition that is set up similar to an itemize, or 
> more particularly like page 180 in the Context Manual, third example 
> from the top of the page. Here is what I have:
> ------------------------------------------------------
>  \definedescription[Stars]
> [width=broad,location=hanging,hang=broad,sample={***}]
> 
> \Stars{*} Rounded to nearest \$100
> 
> \Stars{**} Provided by RBC Asset Management Inc. Actual fund return 
> plus an additional 4.0\% annually
> 
> \Stars{***} Back-tested return reduced by 4.0\% annually\par} 

   \startitemize
   \sym{*} ...
   \stopitemize

should come close. but the ascii art was a bit of a mess over here.