Hi, Something like this? (PS. I cannot send mail to your address, it bounces, do you have an alternative one?) Hans \unprotect \def\v!txt{txt} \appendtoks \letvalue\v!txt \itemgrouptext \to \itemgroupcommands \setfalse\txtlistitem \def\itemgrouptext#1% {\def\symsymbol{\doitemattributes\itemlevel\c!headstyle\c!headcolor{#1}}% \symbolitemtrue \settrue\txtlistitem \itemgroupitem} \def\redostartitemgroup[#1][#2]% {\setfalse\inlinelistitem % new, no indent (leftskip) \setfalse\concatnextitem % new, concat \setfalse\txtlistitem \ifhmode \ifconditional\autoconcatnextitem % new, concat \ifdim\lastskip=\itemsignal % new, concat \settrue\concatnextitem % new, concat \fi % new, concat \fi % new, concat \iftextitems\else\doifnotinset\v!text{#1}\par\fi % suboptimal \fi \begingroup \ifnum\itemlevel=\plusone % NIEUW \doadaptleftskip {\getitemparameter1\c!margin}% \doadaptleftskip {\getitemparameter1\c!leftmargin}% \doadaptrightskip{\getitemparameter1\c!rightmargin}% \fi \dosetraggedcommand{\getitemparameter\itemlevel\c!align}\raggedcommand \doifsomething{\getitemparameter\itemlevel\c!indenting} {% is \expanded needed? \expanded{\setupindenting[\getitemparameter\itemlevel\c!indenting]}}% \doifinset\v!columns{#1}% {\ifinsidecolumns\else\ifnum\itemcolumndepth=\zerocount \globallet\itemcolumndepth\itemlevel \getitemparameter\itemlevel\c!before \processfirstactioninset [#1] [ \v!one=>\!!counta1\relax, \v!two=>\!!counta2\relax, \v!three=>\!!counta3\relax, \v!four=>\!!counta4\relax, \v!five=>\!!counta5\relax, \s!unknown=>\@EA\!!counta\getitemparameter\itemlevel\c!n]% \startcolumns [\c!n=\!!counta, % netter \??op\itemlevel\c!n \c!height=, \c!rule=\v!off, \c!balance=\v!yes, \c!align=\v!no]% \fi\fi}% \doifinsetelse\v!intro{#1}\itemintrotrue\itemintrofalse \doglobal\increment\noflists \let\currentlist\noflists \newcounter\noflistelements \headitemfalse \subitemfalse \symbolitemfalse \let\marsymbol\relax \globallet\somdestination\empty \let\symsymbol\empty \the\itemgroupcommands \setitemlevel{#1}% \let\listitem\empty % ** start value \doifelsenothing{#1} % iffirstargument {\edef\@@opsymbol{\getitemparameter\itemlevel\c!symbol}% \letgvalueempty{\@@globalitemsymbol\itemlevel}% \global\letitemparameter\itemlevel\v!continue\empty \dosetupitemgroupvariable[\itemlevel][#2]} {\dosetupitemgroupconstant[\itemlevel][#1]% \dosetupitemgroupvariable[\itemlevel][#2]% \doifinsetelse\v!continue{#1}% {\edef\@@opsymbol{\noexpand\getvalue{\@@globalitemsymbol\itemlevel}}% \getitemparameter\itemlevel\v!continue} {\edef\@@opsymbol{\noexpand\getitemparameter{\itemlevel}{\c!symbol}}% \global\setitemparameter\itemlevel\v!continue {\dosetupitemgroupconstant[\itemlevel][#1]% \dosetupitemgroupvariable[\itemlevel][#2]}}% \def\docommando##1% \setitemmark resets \docommando {\doifnot{##1}{0}{\setitemmark{##1}}}% \processcommalist[#1]\docommando}% \ifx\listitem\empty \setitemmark\@@opsymbol % ** default value \ifx\listitem\empty \edef\currentitemsymbol{\itemlevel}% \fi \fi \ifautoitemintro\ifnum\prevgraf<3 \itemintrotrue \fi\fi \ifparagraphitems \ifnum\itemlevel>\plusone \letitemparameter\itemlevel\c!inbetween\empty \fi \else\ifpackeditems \letitemparameter\itemlevel\c!inbetween\empty \fi\fi \calculatelistwidth\itemlevel{\dimen0}% \ifdim\dimen0>\zeropoint\relax \ifconditional\inlinelistitem\else \advance\leftskip \dimen0\relax \fi \fi} \def\dolistitem % evt aantal items opslaan per niveau, scheelt zoeken {\iftextitems % begin of item \else \par \fi \ignorespaces \increment\noflistelements \ifnum\itemcolumndepth=\zerocount \ifoptimizeitems \ifnum\noflistelements=\plusone % tgv bv kolommen/nesting \findtwopassdata\s!list{\noflists:}% % wordt soms de volgorde \fi % verstoord, vandaar \find \iftwopassdatafound \ifcase0\twopassdata\relax \twopassdatafoundfalse \fi \fi \iftwopassdatafound \ifnum\twopassdata=3 \ifnum\noflistelements>1 \doitembreak\itemnobreak \fi \else\ifnum\twopassdata>3 \ifnum\noflistelements=2 \ifitemintro \doitembreak\nobreak \else \doitembreak\itemnobreak \fi \else\ifnum\twopassdata=\noflistelements\relax \doitembreak\itemnobreak \else\ifnum\noflistelements>2 \doitembreak\itembreak \else \ifitemintro\else\doitembreak\itembreak\fi \fi\fi\fi \fi\fi \fi \fi\fi \noindent \setbox8\hbox {\ifheaditem \ifsymbolitem \symsymbol \else \doitemattributes\itemlevel\c!headstyle\c!headcolor{\listitem}% \fi \else \ifsymbolitem \symsymbol % no attributes, why? \else \doitemattributes\itemlevel\c!style\c!color{\listitem}% \fi \fi}% \doifsomething\somdestination {\setbox8\hbox{\goto{\box8}[\somdestination]}}% \globallet\somdestination\empty \dimen2=\getitemparameter\itemlevel\c!width\relax \ht8=\strutheight \dp8=\strutdepth \checkforrepeatedlistitem \ifdim\dimen2<\zeropoint\relax \llap{\ifsubitem\llap{+}\fi\box8\hskip\leftmargindistance}% \else \ifdim\dimen2=\zeropoint\relax \calculatelistwidth1{\dimen0}% \else \calculatelistwidth\itemlevel{\dimen0}% \fi \iftextitems \hbox{\ifsubitem+\fi\box8\hskip\fontdimen2\font}\nobreak \else\ifconditional\inlinelistitem \hbox to \dimen0{\ifsubitem\llap{+}\fi\box8\hfill}% \else\ifconditional\txtlistitem \scratchdimen\wd8 \llap{\hbox to \dimen0{\ifsubitem\llap{+}\fi\box8\hfill}}% \hskip\scratchdimen % \hskip-\dimen0 this makes them touch \else \llap{\hbox to \dimen0{\ifsubitem\llap{+}\fi\box8\hfill}}% \fi\fi\fi \fi \forceunexpanded % needed for m conversion (\os) / i need to look into this \setevalue{\@@currentitemsymbol\itemlevel}% {\getvalue{\@@localitemsymbol\itemlevel}}% still problems with \uchar ? \resetunexpanded \headitemfalse \subitemfalse \symbolitemfalse \EveryPar{\ignorespaces}% \ignorespaces} \protect \starttext \input tufte \defineitemgroup[gbitemize] \setupitemgroup[gbitemize][each][headstyle=bold] \startgbitemize \txt{italian} some italians like this kind of cross||breed between an itemize and a description \txt{sicilians} i wonder how many sicilian mathematicians do a thesis on the math involved in predicting the next big bang of the vulcano \stopgbitemize \input tufte \stoptext