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On Tue, 25 Jan 2022, Joel via ntg-context wrote:
I have about several different types of list that reoccur multiple times in my documents. Though I tried to keep things simple, by just defining the type when it appears, strange glitches appear. For instance, I have one that uses the ☞ (pointing hand) logo, and sometimes that randomly appears in the wrong lists, for reasons I cannot understand.
Below is how I'm defining my lists. I have about a dozen more, this is a sample. Is there some more robust and consistent manner in which I should be defining them, so the settings from one type don't spill over into the other types? --Joel
%prompt
\definesymbol[bighand][{{☞}}]
\define[1]\prompt{% \setupitemize[symbol=bighand] \startitemize {\it #1} \stopitemize }%
This is a global definition. So, once this macro is used, symbol=bighand for all itemize. What you can use instead is: \define[1]\prompt{% \startitemize[symbol=bighand] {\it #1} \stopitemize }% or even better: \defineitemgroup[prompt][symbol=bighand,style=italic] ... \startprompt \item \stopprompt
%written answer (produces some lines after the question for writing an answer)
\define[1]\writingbox{% \dorecurse{#1}{% \hairline% } }
There is also: https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Command/fillinrules Aditya