On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 10:45 AM, Wolfgang Schuster <schuster.wolfgang@googlemail.com> wrote:
It works.

Ahaa! Now it does. I misunderstood. Thanks.

> What's the reason for this Wolfgang ? From what I understood
> from the main manual, it logically should be distance=(x>0)pt.

'width' is the width of the box for the number and 'distance' is the
distance between the numberbox and the text.

Indeed, so normally you should be setting distance=(x>0)pt instead of
the width trickery. Hence my question.
 
The result is something like:

\hbox to 1em{1\hfil}\hskip 0pt{chapter title ...}
^^                  ^^
width               distance

Sorry, TeX is currently still like Klingon to me. Thanks anyway.

Hans wrote:
>> - maxwidth ?
>
>just try it on long entries .. it prevents too long lines
>
>this is a very long entry
>this is a very ...

Ok I see. Now, in \placecontent or \setuplist, which parameter
allows to influence where long lines are cut off in two (or more) ?

Like...

(number) This long long
chapter title                       (pagenumber)

vs.

(number) This long
long chapter title                (pagenumber)

Using the brute force tactic I tried setting width and textwith which didn't work.
It could be textcommand. If so what does \command#1 mean ( see main
manual pg 150 ) ?

Best,
Alan