[NTG-context] Looking for itemize help

[Jim <zlists+context@jdvb.ca>]

I have

\setupwhitespace [big]

so that I get "a blank line" between paragraphs.

I would like to *not* have "blank lines" before and after my items.  For
example, if there is more "paragraph text" after the last item I would like
to see this structure:

------------------------------------------------------------------

Some text preceding the list of items:
a. Item one.
b. Second item.
This sentence is part of the same paragraph.

The next paragraph starts here...

------------------------------------------------------------------

and if there is no "paragraph text" after the last item, I'd like to see
this structure:

------------------------------------------------------------------

Some text preceding the list of items:
a. Item one.
b. Second item.

The next paragraph starts here...

------------------------------------------------------------------

Try as I might, I can't find the right options to give to \startitemize.

The closest I have found is to start with
\startitemize[a,nowhite]
but that prevents the "blank line" even in the second case above, which is
not what I want.  Further, 'packed' and 'joinedup' seem to behave
identically here, both leaving "a blank line" before the first item and
after the last item.  

Clearly, I can force a blank line before the following paragraph with a
\vskip<the right amount>, but that seems like a crude way to do it.

Can someone either enlighten me on either
(a) the Right ConTeXt Way to do this, or
(b) a document that would tell me this, if I knew to read it?

I've looked in the wiki, the not-so-short intro to ConTeXt, and "ConTeXt:
an excursion" with no luck.

Thanks.

                                Jim
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