Space between heading and paragraph in a description

Space between heading and paragraph in a description

[Kevin Kenan]

How can I keep the space between the heading text and the paragraph from stretching/shrinking in a description? 

MWE that exhibits variable space between the heading (the defined word) and the paragraph text:


    \definedescription
      [definition]
      [headstyle=italic,
       indenting=1em,
       alternative=hanging,
       margin=2em,
       distance=1.5em,
       width=fit,]

    \starttext

    \definition{thelongheader} introducing bigwords mid-1990s, humans have taken
    an unprecedented step in Earthly annals by introducing not just exotic

    \definition{thelongheader} but actually inserting strange and exotic genes
    into the base operating systems of individual plants and animals, where
    they’re intended to do exactly the same thing: copy themselves, over and over.

    \definition{thelongheader} Since the late to mid-1990s, humans have taken a
    rare step in Earthly annals by introducing not just exotic flora or fauna from
    one

    \stoptext


Thanks,
-kk
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Re: Space between heading and paragraph in a description

[Wolfgang Schuster]

On Tue, 18 Feb 2020 11:16:58 -0800
Kevin Kenan <kevin@kevinkenan.com> wrote:

> How can I keep the space between the heading text and the paragraph from stretching/shrinking in a description? 
> 
> MWE that exhibits variable space between the heading (the defined word) and the paragraph text:
> 
> 
>     \definedescription
>       [definition]
>       [headstyle=italic,
>        indenting=1em,
>        alternative=hanging,
>        margin=2em,
>        distance=1.5em,

stretch=0,
shrink=0,

>        width=fit,]

Wolfgang
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Re: Space between heading and paragraph in a description

[Kevin Kenan]

Perfect. Thank you, Wolfgang.

Is there a way I could have discovered this answer without bothering folks on the list?

-kk


> On Feb 18, 2020, at 11:26 AM, Wolfgang Schuster <wolfgang.schuster.lists@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 18 Feb 2020 11:16:58 -0800
> Kevin Kenan <kevin@kevinkenan.com> wrote:
> 
>> How can I keep the space between the heading text and the paragraph from stretching/shrinking in a description? 
>> 
>> MWE that exhibits variable space between the heading (the defined word) and the paragraph text:
>> 
>> 
>>    \definedescription
>>      [definition]
>>      [headstyle=italic,
>>       indenting=1em,
>>       alternative=hanging,
>>       margin=2em,
>>       distance=1.5em,
> 
> stretch=0,
> shrink=0,
> 
>>       width=fit,]
> 
> Wolfgang
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Re: Space between heading and paragraph in a description

[Wolfgang Schuster]

On Tue, 18 Feb 2020 11:39:24 -0800
Kevin Kenan <kevin@kevinkenan.com> wrote:

> Perfect. Thank you, Wolfgang.
> 
> Is there a way I could have discovered this answer without bothering folks on the list?

You can always try the list archive, e.g. the same problems was asked last year.

https://mailman.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2019/094735.html

Wolfgang
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Re: Space between heading and paragraph in a description

[Kevin Kenan]

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> On Feb 18, 2020, at 11:50 AM, Wolfgang Schuster <wolfgang.schuster.lists@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> You can always try the list archive, e.g. the same problems was asked last year.
> 
> https://mailman.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2019/094735.html <https://mailman.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2019/094735.html>


I had tried searching the archive using a few variations of "heading paragraph description” but was unsuccessful in finding the previous answer.

I’m still new to ConTeXt so hopefully I will get better at figuring out what the key terms should be when searching.

Thanks again.

-kk




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Re: Space between heading and paragraph in a description

[Aditya Mahajan]

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On Tue, 18 Feb 2020, Kevin Kenan wrote:

>
>> On Feb 18, 2020, at 11:50 AM, Wolfgang Schuster <wolfgang.schuster.lists@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> You can always try the list archive, e.g. the same problems was asked last year.
>>
>> https://mailman.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2019/094735.html <https://mailman.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2019/094735.html>
>
>
> I had tried searching the archive using a few variations of "heading 
> paragraph description” but was unsuccessful in finding the previous 
> answer.
>
> I’m still new to ConTeXt so hopefully I will get better at figuring out 
> what the key terms should be when searching.

Add what you discovered to the wiki!

Aditya

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Re: Space between heading and paragraph in a description

[Kevin Kenan]

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> On Feb 18, 2020, at 7:45 PM, Aditya Mahajan <adityam@umich.edu> wrote:
> 
> Add what you discovered to the wiki!

I did…after a fashion. Once I knew the answer, I was able to find a reference to it on the wiki. However, it was obscured because both \setupdescription and \setupdescriptions are listed and I was reading the entry for \setupdescriptions which doesn’t list stretch and shrink as parameters. I added a note to \setupdescriptions that references \setupdescription. Hopefully that will help.

-kk

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