Of course Patrick's answer works. Another aproach is to use the \setupitemize command. This gives you more control over the spacing between the symbol and the text. \setupitemize [1] %level of itemization [broad,atnmargin] [margin=no, distance=5em, stopper=, left=Idea , right=:] \startitemize[a] \item Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text \item Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text \stopitemize \stoptext Kind regards Willi Patrick Gundlach wrote:

"Thomas A.Schmitz" writes:

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These are two very basic questions, but I couldn't find basic answers. Am quite willing to RTFM, but would be grateful for pointing to specific sections. So here comes:

1) Is it possible to have something in front of the number in numbered itemize-groups? Like LatTeX-style [1] etc. All I could find was the "stopper= " setup, but nothing for "starters."

\starttext \defineconversion[map][(\numbers] \startitemize[map][stopper=)] \item Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text \item Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text \stopitemize \stoptext

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Hello Patrick, Patrick Gundlach wrote:

Hello Willi,

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Of course Patrick's answer works. Another aproach is to use the \setupitemize command. This gives you more control over the spacing between the symbol and the text.

I keep forgetting about right, left.

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\setupitemize [1] %level of itemization [broad,atnmargin]

The atnmargin is a typo, I guess.

Yes shure, it should be atmargin. What does atmargin do? It gives the positioning of the symbol. You might also say inmargin, if you say margin then it will be indented. - I am not shure whether all options work properly.

Thanks for your example. I hope I may put it in texshow-web?

Good idea! Feel free to do so. Kind regards Willi

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Thomas A. Schmitz wrote:

Me stupid! Willi, this message made my day. I've been using ConTeXt for more than a year now, but I was never able to figure out what setupitemize [.1.] .1. number each meant. So it's the level of itemization. Thanks, that should make things easier. And many thanks to Patrick and to you for pointing out the left= option. ConTeXt and the number of options it gives never cease to amaze me!

since we're back on the topic of itemize, I'll repost a question that I've posted here before: ----------------------------------------------------- It seems to me that the 'before' and 'after' keywords used in the third argument of \setupitemize are operative only if 'columns' are also specified. In the example below, the hairlines disappear if the 'columns' keyword is eliminated. Feature, bug, or misunderstanding? BTW: can the lengths of the two hairlines in this example be made to be the same length? What's causing the indentation of the first hairline? Regards, Gary ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------- \setupitemize[2][a,packed,columns][before={\hairline},after={\hairline}] \setupitemize[1][n] \starttext \startitemize % \item Level One % \startitemize \item first \item second \item third \stopitemize % \item Level two % \startitemize \item here's one \item here's another \item finally this \stopitemize % \stopitemize % \stoptext