On 2014-07-25 14:56, Matthias Weber wrote:
Dear All,

I’d like to use a mechanism that allows me to create an itemized list with my own labels like one can
with descriptions:

\definedescription[outline][
    headstyle=bold,style=normal,alternative=hanging,margin=1cm,distance=-.8cm]

\starttext

\outline[Welcome] Tea

\outline[Introduction] Tufte or Knuth?

\outline[Snack] Chocolate Cake

\outline[Discussion] Knuth or Tufte?

\outline[Open End] Bear and wine

\stoptext

However, instead of the above I would like to 

— have the result “packed”, i.e. without lines between the descriptions
— have a stopper (“:”) after the label
— have the text of the description begin after the stopper and not at a fixed indentation (distance=…)

How do I do that?

Thanks,

Matthias


The following works, but I suspect that there may be a better way to get the packing.
\define[1]\outlinehead{#1:}
\definedescription[outline]
\setupdescription [outline]
                  [headstyle=bold,
                   style=normal,
%                  alternative=hanging,
                   width=fit,
                   distance=1ex,
                   before={\blank[back]},
                   headcommand=\outlinehead,
                 ]

\starttext

\outline{Welcome} Tea

\outline{Introduction} Tufte or Knuth? and more and more and more and more to see what hanging does.

\outline{Snack} Chocolate Cake

\outline{Discussion} Knuth or Tufte?

\outline{Open End} Bear and wine

\stoptext

Try it both with and without the hanging alternative.

And for me, beer is preferable to bear.
--
Rik