On Sat, 23 Jun 2007 23:13:22 -0400
"Hamid Kamrani"
At least in the U.S., it is the rule and a strict requirement to typeset vertical lists in such a way that the numerals align on the dot or parenthesis following the numeral.
(even the daily violation of the rule by some of the most widely used word processors such as MS Word has not changed this old-aged convention.)
I feel it must be possible in ConTeXt to do this because it is such a basic requirement and ConTeXt is used professionally. However, it's not the default behavior and I don't know which options will achieve it.
(And if by any chance, this is not yet possible in ConTeXt, can anyone suggest a workaround for this, in ConTeXt of course.
It is the default behavior in both LaTeX and eplain.
Hi Hamid, I corrected my last patch and integrated a itemalign key. You can test it with the following example. \input core-itm-patch \starttext \startframedtext[width=\textwidth] \startitemize[n][style=bold] \item As a college student, how do you rate yourself? \startitemize[5,columns,two] \item Excellent student \item Good student \item Mediocre student \item Poor student \stopitemize \stopitemize \stopframedtext \startitemize[n][style=bold] \item As a college student, how do you rate yourself? \startitemize[5, columns, two] \item Excellent student \item Good student \item Mediocre student \item Poor student \stopitemize \stopitemize \startitemize[n,packed,broad][itemalign=left] \dorecurse{10}{\item Item \recurselevel.} \stopitemize \startitemize[n,packed,broad] \dorecurse{10}{\item Item \recurselevel.} \stopitemize \stoptext Wolfgang