Re: Three questions about descriptions

[Matthias Weber <matweber@indiana.edu>]

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Thanks Rik,

that does exactly what I want.

Matthias


On Jul 25, 2014, at 4:03 PM, Rik Kabel <context@rik.users.panix.com> wrote:

> On 2014-07-25 14:56, Matthias Weber wrote:
>> Dear All,
>> 
>> I’d like to use a mechanism that allows me to create an itemized list with my own labels like one can
>> with descriptions:
>> 
>> \definedescription[outline][
>>     headstyle=bold,style=normal,alternative=hanging,margin=1cm,distance=-.8cm]
>> 
>> \starttext
>> 
>> \outline[Welcome] Tea
>> 
>> \outline[Introduction] Tufte or Knuth?
>> 
>> \outline[Snack] Chocolate Cake
>> 
>> \outline[Discussion] Knuth or Tufte?
>> 
>> \outline[Open End] Bear and wine
>> 
>> \stoptext
>> 
>> However, instead of the above I would like to 
>> 
>> — have the result “packed”, i.e. without lines between the descriptions
>> — have a stopper (“:”) after the label
>> — have the text of the description begin after the stopper and not at a fixed indentation (distance=…)
>> 
>> How do I do that?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Matthias
>> 
>> 
> The following works, but I suspect that there may be a better way to get the packing.
> \define[1]\outlinehead{#1:}
> \definedescription[outline] 
> \setupdescription [outline]
>                   [headstyle=bold,
>                    style=normal,
> %                  alternative=hanging,
>                    width=fit,
>                    distance=1ex,
>                    before={\blank[back]},
>                    headcommand=\outlinehead,
>                  ]
> 
> \starttext
> 
> \outline{Welcome} Tea
> 
> \outline{Introduction} Tufte or Knuth? and more and more and more and more to see what hanging does.
> 
> \outline{Snack} Chocolate Cake
> 
> \outline{Discussion} Knuth or Tufte?
> 
> \outline{Open End} Bear and wine
> 
> \stoptext
> Try it both with and without the hanging alternative.
> 
> And for me, beer is preferable to bear.
> -- 
> Rik
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