[NTG-context] Re: Looking for itemize help

[Henning Hraban Ramm <texml@fiee.net>]

Am 15.01.24 um 17:15 schrieb Jim:
> "after" does the trick, but not in an automatic way.  I would like
> something which automagically "does the right thing".

With “automagically”, do you mean for all instances?

\setupitemgroup[itemize][nowhite,after]

>> Sorry, then you need "nowhite". Usually that’s synonymous to
>> "packed,joineup", but apparently not if whitespace is active.
> 
> "Usually" is in the eye of the beholder.  ;-)
> 
> I would have thought that having non-zero whitespace between paragraphs is
> common.  For example, Aditya's blog linked to above has whitespace between
> paragraphs.  Are you suggesting that is uncommon, or (showing my
> Context-noobness) is \setupwhitespace not the usual ConTeXt way to do this?

Yes, it’s common, and \setupwhitespace is right.

I just don’t remember all the setups in my many environments all the time.

>> I added a few comments to
>> https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Command/setupitemgroup
>> Unfortunately, this is one of the areas where we have a plethora of options
>> and no documentation about them.
> 
> Thanks for adding them.  I see you did not document the all-important (to
> me) "after" (or "before") in the wiki.  Would you like to add that?  If
> you don't have time right now, I'd be happy to do so.

It’s there now.
I’m not sure about the options regarding width

Hraban

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