Am Montag, 24. Juni 2024, 21:20:19 MESZ schrieb Aditya Mahajan:
> On Mon, 24 Jun 2024, Gerion Entrup wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I was in the process to convert an itemize part to a description and wanted to simplify the code in the same move.
> > I discovered headcommand for that, but struggled to set the text in an highlight _and_ make a colon at the end.
> 
> Not sure what exactly you want, but how about:
> 
> \definehighlight[hl][style={\m{>}\,\switchtobodyfont[tt]}]
> % This is the wrong way to define such a command as '>' is not part of the style. I have left this definition just for comparison with the soln below.

Is there a better way to define a highlight that sets a style (color, font) _and_ a prefix (symbol)?
Another way, I know of, would be just a plain def, something like \def{\hl}{\groupedcommand{>\,\switchtobodyfont[tt]}{}}, but actually I want to define a highlight (just with an additional prefix).

> \definedescription[category][
> 	alternative=top,
> 	headstyle=bold,
> 	width=broad,
> ]
> 
> \definedescription[desc][
> 	width=fit,
> 	distance={\widthofstring{~}},
>     headcommand={\groupedcommand{>\,}{:}}, 

Hmm, this works, but duplicates the above definition.
If I don't want to use > as prefix but ›, I need to replace it in two places.

> 	headstyle=\tt,
> 	before={\startpacked},
> 	after={\stoppacked},
> 	alternative=hanging,
> ]

Gerion