Dear cartel, Two problems (annoyances?) with alignment,: PROBLEM 1: \startalignment[left] creates a spurious underfull hbox: ======================= % output=pdf interface=en \starttext \startalignment[left] This is a test of alignment. \stopalignment \stoptext ======================= log: ======================= Underfull \hbox (badness 10000) in paragraph at lines 7--8 []\*12ptrmtf* This is a test of align-ment. \hbox(8.26648+2.33331)x426.78743, glue set 12.00853 .\glue(\leftskip) 0.0 plus 24.0 .\hbox(0.0+0.0)x0.0 .\*12ptrmtf* T .\*12ptrmtf* h .\*12ptrmtf* i .etc. ======================= The other three alignments (see below) do not have this problem; PROBLEM 2: I think this may have came up a couple of years ago as well, don't remember if there was ever a resolution... The options to \start-\stopalignment are inconsistent and, in my view, contrary to common sense-). Try ======================= % output=pdf interface=en \starttext \rightaligned{This is a test of right alignment.} \startalignment[right] This is a test of right alignment. \stopalignment \blank[big] \leftaligned{This is a test of left alignment.} \startalignment[left] This is a test of left alignment. \stopalignment \stoptext ======================= \startalignment[right] does the opposite of \rightaligned; ditto for \startalignment[right] and \leftaligned. \rightaligned and \leftaligned are correct in my view. Aside: As ConTeXt develops bidi support, we need alternatives to [left] and [right] anyway. But it is still apparently inconsistent as it stands (with emphasis on `apparently' since I am missing/have forgotten the point of why things behave like this). Best Idris ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523