[NTG-context] Re: Why is this description environment not showing the correct title?

Mikael Sundqvist schrieb am 05.05.2024 um 16:45:

Hi

On Sun, May 5, 2024 at 4:40 PM Joel via ntg-context wrote:

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\definedescription[latexdesc][headstyle=bold, style=normal, align=flushleft, alternative=hanging, width=broad, margin=1cm]

\starttext

\latexdesc{1540} some event happened \latexdesc{1541} some other event happened \latexdesc{1542} some event happened quite different

\stoptext

I found the above code (the first line) in the ConTeXt Wiki, as a way to create the equivalent of a desc environment from LaTeX. The items inside {} should be bold, then there is a gap before the next text.

I am using this to display a simple timeline.

Though the formatting looks perfect, very strangely when I compile it, it changes all of the dates to say "1540" (or whatever date was used first).

Why is it showing the wrong title on the desc environment?

--Joel

I don't know how you want it to look, exactly, but ending the paragraph helps with the numbering. There is also a start/stop version that suggests a bit more structure.

Paragraphs act as delimiter for each description in the old form, the environment form is better in this regards because a) you can now use multiple paragraphs as part of a single description and you can avoid problem like Joel has because it is clear where each description ends.

\definedescription [latexdesc] [headstyle=bold, style=normal, align=flushleft, alternative=hanging, width=broad, margin=1cm]

\starttext

\latexdesc{1540} some event happened

\latexdesc{1541} some other event happened

\latexdesc{1542} some event happened quite different

\startlatexdesc [title={1540}] some event happened \stoplatexdesc

\startlatexdesc [title={1541}] some other event happened \stoplatexdesc

\startlatexdesc [title={1542}] some event happened quite different \stoplatexdesc

\stoptext

An alternative to descriptions for such simple aligned text are item with the \txt option. Both blocks are the same but the second use the start/stop option for each item. \starttext \startitemize[width=3em,symstyle=bold] \txt{1540} some event happened \txt{1541} some other event happened \txt{1542} some event happened quite different \stopitemize \blank[2*line] \startitemize[width=3em,symstyle=bold] \startspecialitem[txt]{1540} some event happened \stopspecialitem \startspecialitem[txt]{1541} some other event happened \stopspecialitem \startspecialitem[txt]{1542} some event happened quite different \stopspecialitem \stopitemize \stoptext Wolfgang