Re: itemize columns transposed

["Mikael P. Sundqvist" <mickep@gmail.com>]

On Sun, Sep 18, 2016 at 8:27 AM, Mikael P. Sundqvist <mickep@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 17, 2016 at 11:07 PM, Aditya Mahajan <adityam@umich.edu> wrote:
>> On Sat, 17 Sep 2016, Mikael P. Sundqvist wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Is there a reason why the above does not work using \item, like
>>>
>>> \startitemize[a,horizontal,three]
>>> \item $\int_0^2 1+2x\,dx$
>>> \item $\int_0^{\ln 2} e^s\,ds$
>>> \item $\int_0^{\ln 2} e^{2s}\,ds$
>>> \item $\int_0^{\pi} \sin t\,dt$
>>> \item $\int_0^{2\pi}\sin t\,dt$
>>> \item $\int_0^1\frac{1}{1+x^2}\,dx$
>>> \stopitemize
>>>
>>> but only with \startitem ... \stopitem? It is not that I have anything
>>> against using the \start...\stop... mechanism, but just curiosity.
>>
>>
>> I haven't looked at the code, but most likely reason is that it uses a two
>> pass mechanism. It is easier to grab the content of a \start-stop pair
>> rather than a command that could be terminated by either an \item or a
>> \stopitem
>>
>> At least, that is the reason why random option only works with \startitem ..
>> \stopitem
>>
>> Aditya
>>
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>
> Thanks Aditya, I'll accept that there is a reason.
>
> Another related thing (sorry if I make this thread a bit difficult to read):
>
> Does the horizontal keyword force the list to be packed (and
> joinedup)? I tried to add unpacked, but with no luck
>
> \starttext
> Some text before.
> \startitemize[a,horizontal,three,unpacked]
> \startitem $\int_0^2 1+2x\,dx$ \stopitem
> \startitem $\int_0^{\ln 2} e^s\,ds$ \stopitem
> \startitem $\int_0^{\ln 2} e^{2s}\,ds$ \stopitem
> \startitem $\int_0^{\pi} \sin t\,dt$ \stopitem
> \startitem $\int_0^{2\pi}\sin t\,dt$ \stopitem
> \startitem $\int_0^1\frac{1}{1+x^2}\,dx$ \stopitem
> \stopitemize
> some text after.
> \stoptext
>
> I also tried to add some space before/after, like
>
> \starttext
> Some text before.
> \startitemize[a,horizontal,three][before={\blank[big]},after={\blank[big]}]
> \startitem $\int_0^2 1+2x\,dx$ \stopitem
> \startitem $\int_0^{\ln 2} e^s\,ds$ \stopitem
> \startitem $\int_0^{\ln 2} e^{2s}\,ds$ \stopitem
> \startitem $\int_0^{\pi} \sin t\,dt$ \stopitem
> \startitem $\int_0^{2\pi}\sin t\,dt$ \stopitem
> \startitem $\int_0^1\frac{1}{1+x^2}\,dx$ \stopitem
> \stopitemize
> some text after.
> \stoptext
>
> /Mikael

Dear list,

a shameless bump.

(Or should I interpret the silence as it is currently not possible to
change space before/after/between when one uses horizontal key?)

Best regards, Mikael
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