Left justify numbers on left margin edge

Left justify numbers on left margin edge

[David Arnold]

All,

Why is it I cannot get my numbers to abut up against the left margin  
edge? They are always a few points indented.

\setuplabeltext[question=]

\defineenumeration
[question]
[text=\labeltext{question}]

\setupenumerations
	[question]
	[location=left,
	width=broad,
         hang=1,
	headcolor=green,
	right=.,
	way=bysection,
	sectionnumber=no]

\starttext

\noindent Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of  
their county. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of  
their county. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of  
their county. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of  
their county. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of  
their county. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of  
their county.

\startquestion
An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer
program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several
computer platforms.
\stopquestion

\startquestion
An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer
program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several
computer platforms.
\stopquestion

\startquestion
An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer
program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several
computer platforms.
\stopquestion

\startquestion
An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer
program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several
computer platforms.
\stopquestion

\startquestion
An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer
program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several
computer platforms.
\stopquestion

\startquestion
An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer
program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several
computer platforms.
\stopquestion


\stoptext

Re: Left justify numbers on left margin edge

[Mojca Miklavec]

On 7/7/06, David Arnold wrote:
> All,
>
> Why is it I cannot get my numbers to abut up against the left margin
> edge? They are always a few points indented.
>
> \setuplabeltext[question=]
>
> \defineenumeration
> [question]
> [text=\labeltext{question}]
>
> \setupenumerations
>         [question]
>         [location=left,
>         width=broad,
>          hang=1,
>         headcolor=green,
>         right=.,
>         way=bysection,
>         sectionnumber=no]
>
> \starttext
>
> \startquestion
> An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer
> program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several
> computer platforms.
> \stopquestion
>
> \stoptext

It seems that you're reading my mind. I guess that it must be
approximately the same reason as why I can't get

Question Q1
Question Q2

With
    \defineenumeration
       [question]
       [text=Question Q]
    \startquestion
    Why are there so many spaces?
    \stopquestion
I get Question Q 1 (but I can't find a way to get Q1 as is possible in
sections - the space seems to be there by default).

I thought that
    headcommand=\myquestioncommand
(command spotted when I took a look at texshow, it's not in the manual) and
    \def\myquestioncommand#1{Question Q#1}
would solve that, but I don't see any evidence of \myquestioncommand
ever being called/executed.

I would be very happy if this issue was solved as well. Perhas a
    left=,right=
pair of keywords could solve the problem (left= and right= surrounding
the number; but then we would also have to surround the label with
something as well), where the default of left= would be a space.
\[whatever]commad= could also solve the problem.

Mojca

Re: Left justify numbers on left margin edge

[Aditya Mahajan]

On Sun, 9 Jul 2006, Mojca Miklavec wrote:

> On 7/7/06, David Arnold wrote:
>> All,
>>
>> Why is it I cannot get my numbers to abut up against the left margin
>> edge? They are always a few points indented.
>>
>> \setuplabeltext[question=]
>>
>> \defineenumeration
>> [question]
>> [text=\labeltext{question}]
>>
>> \setupenumerations
>>         [question]
>>         [location=left,
>>         width=broad,
>>          hang=1,
>>         headcolor=green,
>>         right=.,
>>         way=bysection,
>>         sectionnumber=no]
>>
>> \starttext
>>
>> \startquestion
>> An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer
>> program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several
>> computer platforms.
>> \stopquestion
>>
>> \stoptext
>
> It seems that you're reading my mind. I guess that it must be
> approximately the same reason as why I can't get
>
> Question Q1
> Question Q2
>
> With
>    \defineenumeration
>       [question]
>       [text=Question Q]
>    \startquestion
>    Why are there so many spaces?
>    \stopquestion
> I get Question Q 1 (but I can't find a way to get Q1 as is possible in
> sections - the space seems to be there by default).
>
> I thought that
>    headcommand=\myquestioncommand
> (command spotted when I took a look at texshow, it's not in the manual) and
>    \def\myquestioncommand#1{Question Q#1}
> would solve that, but I don't see any evidence of \myquestioncommand
> ever being called/executed.
>
> I would be very happy if this issue was solved as well. Perhas a
>    left=,right=
> pair of keywords could solve the problem (left= and right= surrounding
> the number; but then we would also have to surround the label with
> something as well), where the default of left= would be a space.
> \[whatever]commad= could also solve the problem.
>

left=Q works. The label is

<text><space><left><number><stopper><right>, so this works

\defineenumeration
         [question]
         [text=Question,
          left=Q]

\starttext
      \startquestion[abc]
      Why are there so many spaces in \in[abc]?
      \stopquestion
\stoptext

Re: Left justify numbers on left margin edge

[Aditya Mahajan]

On Fri, 7 Jul 2006, David Arnold wrote:

> All,
>
> Why is it I cannot get my numbers to abut up against the left margin
> edge? They are always a few points indented.

I guess that this is because the text not empty.

> \setuplabeltext[question=]
>
> \defineenumeration
> [question]
> [text=\labeltext{question}]

This works,

  \defineenumeration
  [question]
  [text=]


Or

\defineeneumeration
  [question]
  [text=\labeltext{question},
   left=\unskip]

But both will behave incorrectly if you decide to set the label to 
something else in the future.

Aditya


>
> \setupenumerations
> 	[question]
> 	[location=left,
> 	width=broad,
>         hang=1,
> 	headcolor=green,
> 	right=.,
> 	way=bysection,
> 	sectionnumber=no]
>
> \starttext
>
> \noindent Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of
> their county. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of
> their county. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of
> their county. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of
> their county. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of
> their county. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of
> their county.
>
> \startquestion
> An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer
> program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several
> computer platforms.
> \stopquestion
>
> \startquestion
> An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer
> program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several
> computer platforms.
> \stopquestion
>
> \startquestion
> An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer
> program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several
> computer platforms.
> \stopquestion
>
> \startquestion
> An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer
> program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several
> computer platforms.
> \stopquestion
>
> \startquestion
> An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer
> program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several
> computer platforms.
> \stopquestion
>
> \startquestion
> An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer
> program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several
> computer platforms.
> \stopquestion
>
>
> \stoptext
>
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>
>

-- 
Aditya Mahajan, EECS Systems, University of Michigan
http://www.eecs.umich.edu/~adityam || Ph: 7342624008

Re: Left justify numbers on left margin edge

[Mojca Miklavec]

On 7/9/06, Aditya Mahajan wrote:
> > Perhas a
> >    left=,right=
> > pair of keywords could solve the problem (left= and right= surrounding
> > the number; but then we would also have to surround the label with
> > something as well), where the default of left= would be a space.
> > \[whatever]commad= could also solve the problem.
> >
>
> left=Q works. The label is

Sigh! A prisoner sitting in the cell thinking about how to escape
never realizes that the door is not locked at all. Thanks a lot.

> <text><space><left><number><stopper><right>, so this works

I won't ask where this is documented.

> \defineenumeration
>         [question]
>         [text=Question,
>          left=Q]
>
> \starttext
>      \startquestion[abc]
>      Why are there so many spaces in \in[abc]?
>      \stopquestion
> \stoptext

If we're talking about \in-s, references, ... It would simplify my
style file considerably if I was able to get the chapters labelled as
C1, C1, ... instead of only 1, 2, ... I could get rid of left= which I
do need when referencing to the questions.

That means:

\defineenumeration
    [question]
    [text=Question,
     way=bychapter,
     sectionnumber=yes,
     separator={Q.}]

\chapter{About Something}

\section{First Section}

\placeformula
\startformula
f(x)=x^2
\stopformula

\startquestion
Is it easy to do that?
\stopquestion

\chapter{About Something Else}

should give

C1 About Something
C1.1First section
f(x)=x^2     (C1.1)
question C1Q.1

C2 About Something Else

Mojca


PS: To David (and Aditya): why not simply

\defineenumeration
 [question]
 [text=,
  left=\labeltext{question}]

Re: Left justify numbers on left margin edge

[Aditya Mahajan]

On Sun, 9 Jul 2006, Mojca Miklavec wrote:

> On 7/9/06, Aditya Mahajan wrote:
>>> Perhas a
>>>    left=,right=
>>> pair of keywords could solve the problem (left= and right= surrounding
>>> the number; but then we would also have to surround the label with
>>> something as well), where the default of left= would be a space.
>>> \[whatever]commad= could also solve the problem.
>>>
>>
>> left=Q works. The label is
>
> Sigh! A prisoner sitting in the cell thinking about how to escape
> never realizes that the door is not locked at all. Thanks a lot.
>
>> <text><space><left><number><stopper><right>, so this works
>
> I won't ask where this is documented.

I learnt it the hard way --- trial and error :)

>> \defineenumeration
>>         [question]
>>         [text=Question,
>>          left=Q]
>>
>> \starttext
>>      \startquestion[abc]
>>      Why are there so many spaces in \in[abc]?
>>      \stopquestion
>> \stoptext
>
> If we're talking about \in-s, references, ... It would simplify my
> style file considerably if I was able to get the chapters labelled as
> C1, C1, ... instead of only 1, 2, ... I could get rid of left= which I
> do need when referencing to the questions.

I would also like such a feature. I frequently have

\defineitemgroup[features]
\setupitemgroup[features][each][left=(F,right=),stopper=]
\setupitemgroup[features][each][n,2*broad]

and the I usually do

\definereferenceformat[infeature][left=(F,right=)]

and use \infeature. It would be nice if one could have
referenceleft and referenceright in most setup commands.


Aditya



> That means:
>
> \defineenumeration
>    [question]
>    [text=Question,
>     way=bychapter,
>     sectionnumber=yes,
>     separator={Q.}]
>
> \chapter{About Something}
>
> \section{First Section}
>
> \placeformula
> \startformula
> f(x)=x^2
> \stopformula
>
> \startquestion
> Is it easy to do that?
> \stopquestion
>
> \chapter{About Something Else}
>
> should give
>
> C1 About Something
> C1.1First section
> f(x)=x^2     (C1.1)
> question C1Q.1
>
> C2 About Something Else
>
> Mojca
>
>
> PS: To David (and Aditya): why not simply
>
> \defineenumeration
> [question]
> [text=,
>  left=\labeltext{question}]
> _______________________________________________
> ntg-context mailing list
> ntg-context@ntg.nl
> http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
>
>
>

-- 
Aditya Mahajan, EECS Systems, University of Michigan
http://www.eecs.umich.edu/~adityam || Ph: 7342624008

Re: Left justify numbers on left margin edge

[Hans Hagen]

Aditya Mahajan wrote:
> On Sun, 9 Jul 2006, Mojca Miklavec wrote:
>
>   
>> On 7/9/06, Aditya Mahajan wrote:
>>     
>>>> Perhas a
>>>>    left=,right=
>>>> pair of keywords could solve the problem (left= and right= surrounding
>>>> the number; but then we would also have to surround the label with
>>>> something as well), where the default of left= would be a space.
>>>> \[whatever]commad= could also solve the problem.
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> left=Q works. The label is
>>>       
>> Sigh! A prisoner sitting in the cell thinking about how to escape
>> never realizes that the door is not locked at all. Thanks a lot.
>>
>>     
>>> <text><space><left><number><stopper><right>, so this works
>>>       
>> I won't ask where this is documented.
>>     
>
> I learnt it the hard way --- trial and error :)
>
>   
>>> \defineenumeration
>>>         [question]
>>>         [text=Question,
>>>          left=Q]
>>>
>>> \starttext
>>>      \startquestion[abc]
>>>      Why are there so many spaces in \in[abc]?
>>>      \stopquestion
>>> \stoptext
>>>       
>> If we're talking about \in-s, references, ... It would simplify my
>> style file considerably if I was able to get the chapters labelled as
>> C1, C1, ... instead of only 1, 2, ... I could get rid of left= which I
>> do need when referencing to the questions.
>>     
>
> I would also like such a feature. I frequently have
>
> \defineitemgroup[features]
> \setupitemgroup[features][each][left=(F,right=),stopper=]
> \setupitemgroup[features][each][n,2*broad]
>
> and the I usually do
>
> \definereferenceformat[infeature][left=(F,right=)]
>
> and use \infeature. It would be nice if one could have
> referenceleft and referenceright in most setup commands.
>   
we can think of using labels; deep down the core: 

\setuplabeltext[\s!itemcount1={{I(},{)}}]

\def\labeledcountervalue#1{\labeltexts{#1}{\countervalue{#1}}}

etc etc; not that hard, but we need some rainy days and such 

(with instead if itemcount item:1 item:2 etc) 

this needs some work because itemize has its own numbering (historic reasons) 

so ... you can file a feature request and remind me every now and then 

Hans 


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