On Oct 13, 2008, at 11:50 PM, Wolfgang Schuster wrote:

On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 7:31 AM, Rory Molinari wrote:

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[Description of my problem, and a failed solution using paragraphs]

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The problem with this is that this setup cannot break across pages, so when a section becomes too long it first starts on a new page and then runs off the bottom of that page.

What is the right way to typeset this?

Use descriptions, it's possible to set a left margin and break the text across pages.

Thanks Wolfgang! That is exactly what I needed. Cheers, Rory

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Alexandros Frantzis wrote:

Hello,

I, too, am trying to create a similar CV layout. As I have already reported in other emails to the list, I have been having trouble when the first thing after the title is an enumeration. More specifically, the first item of the enumeration is not aligned with the title in the margin (it is always placed a bit below). Unfortunately, this still happens when using descriptions.

Have you tried turning on some of TeX's tracing features to see what boxes and glue appear in the vertical list just before the itemize? (My copy of the TeXbook is not with me right now and I don't remember how to turn on tracing.) ConTeXt has \showboxes and \showskips, but I'm not sure how to interpret the results in your case. If you add \showboxes just before your second \startdesc you'll see that the top left corner of the itemize section coincides with the bottom right of the description text. I'm not sure what this means, though, and why normal text (or a \vrule) appears on the same line as the description. Cheers, Rory

On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 10:28 PM, Alexandros Frantzis wrote:

On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 08:50:20AM +0200, Wolfgang Schuster wrote:

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On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 7:31 AM, Rory Molinari wrote:

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Hi,

I'm sorry that the subject isn't clearer.

I'm learning ConTeXt at the moment by trying to typeset a copy of my resume.

I'd like the format to be something like this (view in fixed width):

<phone number>

<email address>

<MY NAME IN LARGE SIZE> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

EDUCATION <Details>

<Details>

WORK EXPERIENCE <Details> <of> <most> <recent> <job> <many lines here>

<Details> <of> <another> <job>

<Yet another job>

ANOTHER SECTION <More information> <appropriate for this> <section>

My first thought was to have "EDUCATION", "WORK EXPERIENCE", etc as unnumbered sections, and to arrange that section titles would appear in a (very large) left margin. But then I couldn't work out how to have "normal" margins for the top of the page containing my contact information and name. Margins appear to apply to the whole document.

[snip]

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What is the right way to typeset this?

Use descriptions, it's possible to set a left margin and break the text across pages.

Hello,

I, too, am trying to create a similar CV layout. As I have already reported in other emails to the list, I have been having trouble when the first thing after the title is an enumeration. More specifically, the first item of the enumeration is not aligned with the title in the margin (it is always placed a bit below). Unfortunately, this still happens when using descriptions.

A way around this is to use something like \setupitemize[before=\vskip -20pt]. But this is specific to the font sizes I am using and a bit ugly. I have tried suppressing the whitespace around itemizations (nowhite, joinedup) and/or using stuff like \blank[disable] and \blank[back] but to no avail.

Does anyone know of a better, more generic way of doing this or even if it is possible (judging from the lack of answers to my previous posts I am guessing this is not something trivial)?

Thanks, Alexandros

------------------- START CODE ------------------------ \definedescription[desc][location=inmargin,width=broad]

\starttext

\startdesc{Description1} This is the text of desc1. This is the text of desc1. This is the text of desc1. This is the text of desc1. This is the text of desc1. This is the text of desc1. This is the text of desc1. \stopdesc

\startdesc{Description2}

\startitemize[packed,nowhite,joinedup]

\settrue\concatnextitem

\item First item (should be right next to title) \item Second item \item Third item \stopitemize

\stopdesc

\stoptext

Wolfgang