This is an *immense* help... Thanks a million!!
Best wishes
Idris
On Fri, 17 May 2013 17:08:15 -0600, Hans Hagen
\showframe \startbuffer \setlocalhsize \dontleavehmode\framed[width=\hsize] {\the\hsize,\the\localhsize,\setlocalhsize\the\localhsize,\type{\hsize }} \par \dontleavehmode\framed[width=\localhsize] {\the\hsize,\the\localhsize,\setlocalhsize\the\localhsize,\type{\localhsize }} \par \dontleavehmode\framed[width=\textwidth] {\the\hsize,\the\localhsize,\setlocalhsize\the\localhsize,\type{\textwidth }} \par \dontleavehmode\framed[width=\makeupwidth]{\the\hsize,\the\localhsize,\setlocalhsize\the\localhsize,\type{\makeupwidth}} \par \dontleavehmode\framed[width=local] {\the\hsize,\the\localhsize,\setlocalhsize\the\localhsize,\type{local}} \par \dontleavehmode\blackrule[width=\hsize] \par \dontleavehmode\blackrule[width=\localhsize] \par \dontleavehmode\blackrule[width=\textwidth] \par \dontleavehmode\blackrule[width=\makeupwidth] \par \dontleavehmode\ruledhbox to \hsize {x\hss x} \par \dontleavehmode\ruledhbox to \localhsize {x\hss x} \par \dontleavehmode\ruledhbox to \textwidth {x\hss x} \par \dontleavehmode\ruledhbox to \makeupwidth{x\hss x} \par \stopbuffer \starttext \startitemize \startitem \getbuffer \stopitem \stopitemize \getbuffer \stoptext
-- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523