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2007/6/21, Hamid Kamrani
I am just wondering if this is a bug or feature or some lack of understanding on my part. The horizontal list turns into a vertical list inside a framedtext environment. The same happens in a background environment.
\starttext \startframedtext[width=\textwidth] \startitemize[5, columns, four] \item Excellent student \item Good student \item Mediocre student \item Poor student \stopitemize \stopframedtext \stoptext
-Hamid
Hi Hamid, this can not work because itemize use for the column option the normal column environment. I wrote a example that shows the problem and gives also a solution. \starttext \vbox{\hsize=\textwidth \startsimplecolumns \input knuth \stopsimplecolumns} \blank \vbox{\hsize=\textwidth \startcolumns \input knuth \stopcolumns} \stoptext The second column environment use the output routine to split the content and is only activated at outer level. A solution would be to include a test inside itemgroup whether we use itemize at outer level or inside a box. Wolfgang