Re: [NTG-context] horizontal list turns into vertical list in framedtext. A bug or feature?

22 Jun 2007

      Hi Wolfgang,

Thanks for your explanation and patch. I appreciate it.
However, with the patch, now I have the problem of correct indentation.
As this example shows:

\input core-itm-patch

\starttext

Consider\par
\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

versus\par

\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
\stoptext

Thanks,
-Hamid

On 6/22/07, Wolfgang Schuster  wrote:
...
2007/6/21, Hamid Kamrani :
...
I am just wondering if this is a bug or feature or some lack of
understanding on my part. The horizontal list turns into a vertical
list inside a framedtext environment. The same happens in a background
environment.
\starttext
\startframedtext[width=\textwidth]
        \startitemize[5, columns, four]
        \item Excellent student \item Good student \item Mediocre student
\item Poor student
        \stopitemize
\stopframedtext
\stoptext
-Hamid
Hi Hamid,
this can not work because itemize use for the column option the normal
column environment. I wrote a example that shows the problem and gives
also a solution.
\starttext
\vbox{\hsize=\textwidth
\startsimplecolumns
\input knuth
\stopsimplecolumns}
\blank
\vbox{\hsize=\textwidth
\startcolumns
\input knuth
\stopcolumns}
\stoptext
The second column environment use the output routine to split the content
and is only activated at outer level.
A solution would be to include a test inside itemgroup whether we use
itemize at outer level or inside a box.
Wolfgang
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