
At the beginning of a report I would like to have a page with an abbreviation listing with for example HTML hypertext mark-up language CSS cascade style sheets etc The distancing where the long explanation starts should be the same at lets say 30mm from the margin and in case it jumps to a next line, it also should continue at 30mm from the margin and not back at the margin. What would be the best way to achieve this? Thanks Jeroen

Am 09.05.2025 um 19:06 schrieb Jeroen:
At the beginning of a report I would like to have a page with an abbreviation listing with for example
HTML hypertext mark-up language CSS cascade style sheets etc
The distancing where the long explanation starts should be the same at lets say 30mm from the margin and in case it jumps to a next line, it also should continue at 30mm from the margin and not back at the margin. What would be the best way to achieve this?
https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Command/definesynonyms Wolfgang

On 9 May 2025, at 18:21, Wolfgang Schuster
wrote: Am 09.05.2025 um 19:06 schrieb Jeroen:
At the beginning of a report I would like to have a page with an abbreviation listing with for example HTML hypertext mark-up language CSS cascade style sheets etc The distancing where the long explanation starts should be the same at lets say 30mm from the margin and in case it jumps to a next line, it also should continue at 30mm from the margin and not back at the margin. What would be the best way to achieve this?
There is also \definetabulate - see page 42 of the ma-cb-en.pdf manual. — Bruce Horrocks Hampshire, UK

Thanks, I never knew about the tabulate. I was also looking for a mechanism
for end of chapter questions. I worked out the below. How can I remove the
vertical whitespace before and after the questions?
\definetabulate
[quest][|l|p|]
\starttext
\startquest
\NC 1. \NC question 1 \NC\NR
\NC 2. \NC question 2 \NC\NR
\stopquest
\stoptext
[quest][|l|p|]
[quest][|l|p|]
Op za 10 mei 2025 om 00:08 schreef Bruce Horrocks
On 9 May 2025, at 18:21, Wolfgang Schuster < wolfgang.schuster.lists@gmail.com> wrote:
Am 09.05.2025 um 19:06 schrieb Jeroen:
At the beginning of a report I would like to have a page with an abbreviation listing with for example HTML hypertext mark-up language CSS cascade style sheets etc The distancing where the long explanation starts should be the same at lets say 30mm from the margin and in case it jumps to a next line, it also should continue at 30mm from the margin and not back at the margin. What would be the best way to achieve this?
There is also \definetabulate - see page 42 of the ma-cb-en.pdf manual.
— Bruce Horrocks Hampshire, UK
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Am 10.05.2025 um 09:56 schrieb Jeroen:
Thanks, I never knew about the tabulate. I was also looking for a mechanism for end of chapter questions. I worked out the below. How can I remove the vertical whitespace before and after the questions?
\definetabulate [quest][|l|p|]
\starttext
\startquest \NC 1. \NC question 1 \NC\NR \NC 2. \NC question 2 \NC\NR \stopquest
\stoptext
Tabulate add by default \blank before and after an table, to remove the line add the following after \definetabulate. \setuptabulate [quest] [before=,after=] Wolfgang
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