Re: [NTG-context] How to align numerals in lists on the dot or paranthesis that follows the numeral?

24 Jun 2007

      Taco and Wolfang,

Thanks both for your responses.
But:
1. The setup offered by Taco does not line up the numerals on the
dots. Maybe my problem was misunderstood.

2. With Wolfgang's patch, I think I must be missing some code because
I get the Undefined control sequence error.

systems         : begin file itemize-test02 at line 3
! Undefined control sequence.
\redostartitemgroup ...ands \checkcurrentnofitems
                                                  \let \listitem \empty \doi...

\dostartitemgroup ... \dodostartitemgroup [#2][#3]
                                                  \else \doifassignmentelse ...
l.6 \startitemize[n][style=bold]

?
! Undefined control sequence.
\dolistitem ...stelements \optimizelistitemsbreak
                                                  \noindent \setbox 8\hbox {...

Best regards,
-Hamid

On 6/24/07, Wolfgang Schuster  wrote:
...
On Sat, 23 Jun 2007 23:13:22 -0400
"Hamid Kamrani"  wrote:
...
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
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