Actually, what you want is:
\definedescription[desc]
\starttext
\startdesc[title={Long title},reference=foo,referencetext={Short Title}]
\input jojomayer
\stopdesc
\about[foo]
\stoptext
So I'll add that (after all, occasionally we need to add some
functionality in order to indicate progress.)
Great! That would be a good solution for me.
Thanks,
Christoph
Thank you for the implementation, Hans!
A small issue: When omitting the referencetext, then the shown text is now something like "248>desc:referencetext".
MWE:
\definedescription[desc]
\starttext
\startdesc[title=Long title, reference=foo]%, referencetext=Short title]
\input jojomayer
\stopdesc
\about[foo]
\stoptext
For backward compatibility, it might be better to use the title as a default for the reference test.
Cheers,
Christoph