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

24 Jun 2007


      On 6/24/07, Hamid Kamrani  wrote:
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On 6/24/07, Taco Hoekwater  wrote:
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Hamid Kamrani wrote:
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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.
Did you miss this?
On a follow-up to previous note:
I think this is how I missed the width issue. In my testing, I had
both distance and width parameters. I may  be doing something wrong
but these two conflict.
\unprotect
\startsetups [numberitemleft]
  \hbox to \dimexpr\getitemparameter\itemlevel \c!width -
                   \getitemparameter\itemlevel \c!distance\relax
      \bgroup\hfill
\stopsetups
\startsetups [numberitemright]
  \egroup
\stopsetups
\protect

\starttext
\startitemize[n][style=bold]
\item As a college student, how do you rate yourself?
\startitemize[R,packed][left={\setups[numberitemleft]},
                        right={\setups[numberitemright]},
                        stopper={.},
                        width=3em,
                        style=\sc,
                        distance=5em]
     \item The first item.
     \item The second item.
     \item The third item.
     \item The fourth item.
     \item The fifth item.
     \item The sixth item.
     \item The seventh item.
     \item The eighth item.
     \item The ninth item.
     \item The tenth item.
\stopitemize
\stopitemize
\stoptext

Best,
-Hamid
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I certainly did. I'm sorry, the misunderstanding was on my part.
I do like your solution. But how to make it the default? This should
be the default behavior and in fact the required width should be
calculated by ConTeXt. Otherwise ConTeXt is behaving like MS Word.
Please note that, second to paragraphs, lists are the most widely used
text blocks. It is imperative that they format correctly.
If you're using Arabic numerals then you have the chance to list your
first 9 items correctly.But, alas, if you have to use roman numeral.
The problem shows up in the second item. (you would not itemize if you
had only one item!)
Taco, I very much appreciate your solution. It allows me to continue
for now but I humbly ask, in fact, beg to have a solution built in the
core of ConTeXt.
My apologies for discounting your solution too quickly.
Best regards,
-Hamid
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Taco wrote:
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You probably want to increase the 'width' parameter, but that should be
straightforward.
It should work with width=2pc (two digits and a dot do not fit in the
default allocated space, so the 10. sticks out to the right)
Taco
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