Re: Multiline descriptions do not line up

[Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>]

On 7/9/2017 6:48 AM, Henri Menke wrote:
> This looks a lot like an engine bug.  Maybe in the application of \leftskip.

no, it's a bit of stretch and shrink applied to distance so that we get 
a better linebreak ... normally one doesn't see these in a row

anyway, i'll add these keys

stretch=0,
shrink=0

to prevent this

> On Sat, 2017-07-08 at 23:45 -0400, Rik Kabel wrote:
>> What is needed to align descriptions when the description text is wrapped? Items seven and
>> thirteen below are particularly bad, and in a real document the error is significantly greater.
>> \definedescription [Desc]
>>                     [headstyle=\tf,alternative=hanging]
>> \definelayer       [vLine]
>> \setlayer          [vLine]
>>                     [x=3.385cm]{\blackrule[color=red,width=0.2pt,height=\textheight]}
>> \setupbackgrounds  [text]
>>                     [background=vLine]
>> \starttext
>>    \startDesc{one}
>>        Description of item one. Description of item one.% Description of item one.
>>    \stopDesc
>>    \startDesc{two}
>>        Description of item two. Description of item two.% Description of item two.
>>    \stopDesc
>>    \startDesc{three}
>>        Description of item three. Description of item three.% Description of item three.
>>    \stopDesc
>>    \startDesc{four}
>>        Description of item four. Description of item four.% Description of item four.
>>    \stopDesc
>>    \startDesc{five}
>>        Description of item five. Description of item five.% Description of item five.
>>    \stopDesc
>>    \startDesc{six}
>>        Description of item six. Description of item six.% Description of item six.
>>    \stopDesc
>>    \startDesc{seven}
>>        Description of item seven. Description of item seven. Description of item seven.
>>    \stopDesc
>>    \startDesc{eight}
>>        Description of item eight. Description of item eight. Description of item eight.
>>    \stopDesc
>>    \startDesc{nine}
>>        Description of item nine. Description of item nine. Description of item nine.
>>    \stopDesc
>>    \startDesc{ten}
>>        Description of item ten. Description of item ten. Description of item ten.
>>    \stopDesc
>>    \startDesc{eleven}
>>        Description of item eleven. Description of item eleven. Description of item eleven.
>>    \stopDesc
>>    \startDesc{twelve}
>>        Description of item twelve. Description of item twelve. Description of item twelve.
>> Description of item twelve. Description of item twelve. Description of item twelve. Description of
>> item twelve. Description of item twelve. Description of item twelve.
>>    \stopDesc
>>    \startDesc{thirteen}
>>        Description of item thirteen. Description of item thirteen. Description of item thirteen.
>> Description of item thirteen. Description of item thirteen. Description of item thirteen.
>> Description of item thirteen. Description of item thirteen. Description of item thirteen.
>>    \stopDesc
>> \stoptext
>> -- 
>> Rik
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