[NTG-context] Re: Looking for itemize help

15 Jan 2024

      On Mon, Jan 15, 2024 at 17:39 (+0100), Wolfgang Schuster wrote:
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Jim schrieb am 15.01.2024 um 01:42:
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I have
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\setupwhitespace [big]
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so that I get "a blank line" between paragraphs.
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I would like to *not* have "blank lines" before and after my items.  For
example, if there is more "paragraph text" after the last item I would like
to see this structure:
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------------------------------------------------------------------
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Some text preceding the list of items:
a. Item one.
b. Second item.
This sentence is part of the same paragraph.
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The next paragraph starts here...
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and if there is no "paragraph text" after the last item, I'd like to see
this structure:
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------------------------------------------------------------------
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Some text preceding the list of items:
a. Item one.
b. Second item.
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The next paragraph starts here...
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Try as I might, I can't find the right options to give to \startitemize.
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The closest I have found is to start with
\startitemize[a,nowhite]
but that prevents the "blank line" even in the second case above, which is
not what I want.  Further, 'packed' and 'joinedup' seem to behave
identically here, both leaving "a blank line" before the first item and
after the last item.
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Clearly, I can force a blank line before the following paragraph with a
\vskip<the right amount>, but that seems like a crude way to do it.
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Can someone either enlighten me on either
(a) the Right ConTeXt Way to do this, or
(b) a document that would tell me this, if I knew to read it?
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I've looked in the wiki, the not-so-short intro to ConTeXt, and "ConTeXt:
an excursion" with no luck.
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Hi Jim,
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such a feature exists only to suppress paragraph indentation but not to
ignore whitespace
between paragraphs.
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\setupitemize[indentnext=auto]
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\setupindenting[yes,medium]
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\starttext
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Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Curabitur massa
turpis,
semper quis fringilla ut, viverra nec risus. Pellentesque habitant morbi
\unknown
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\startitemize
\startitem Lorem ipsum \unknown \stopitem
\stopitemize
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Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Curabitur massa
turpis,
semper quis fringilla ut, viverra nec risus. Pellentesque habitant morbi
\unknown
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\startitemize
\startitem Lorem ipsum \unknown \stopitem
\stopitemize
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Curabitur massa
turpis,
semper quis fringilla ut, viverra nec risus. Pellentesque habitant morbi
\unknown
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\stoptext
Hi Wolfgang,

thanks for that information.

I would have thought that what I want to do is not so unusual that ConTeXt
does not have the ability to handle it, especially in light of the
indentnext=auto feature which shows that (presumably) some people want to
handle the text following \stopitemize differently, depending on whether or
not the following text is part of the same paragraph.

Perhaps I need to go and contemplate the sins of my formatting
choices... :-)

                                Jim