[NTG-context] Re: Why is my custom bullet point not rendering?

[Wolfgang Schuster <wolfgang.schuster.lists@gmail.com>]

Joel via ntg-context schrieb am 27.10.2024 um 16:31:
> [...]
> %
> \setupbodyfont[garamond, 12pt]
> 
> \definesymbol[bighand][{{☞}}]
> 
> \define[1]\prompt{%
>      \startitemize[symbol=bighand]
>          {\it #1}
>      \stopitemize
> }%
> 
> \defineitemgroup[prompt][symbol=bighand, style=italic]
> 
> \starttext
> 
>      Why does this work? ☞☞☞☞
> 
>      \prompt{\startitem But not here?\stopitem}
> 
> \stoptext
> 
> 
> 
> 
> I am trying to make a pointing finger the bullet point symbol.
> 
> When I put the bullet point into the document, it works just fine. But 
> when defined as the pointer, it somehow isn't showing up.

The symbol is set before the value of the symbol-key is available to the 
environment and therefore never used. You can now either set the symbol 
with \setupitemize (or \setupitemgroup) before you call \startitemize 
(or \startitemgroup) or pass the symbol as keyword as shown below.

%%%% begin example
\setupbodyfont[ebgaramond,12pt]

\definesymbol[bighand][☞]

\define[1]\prompt
   {\startitemize[bighand]%
      \startitem
        \italic{#1}%
      \stopitem
    \stopitemize}

\starttext

Why does this work? ☞☞☞☞

\prompt{But not here?}

\stoptext
%%%% end example

Wolfgang
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