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Marcin Borkowski

27 Aug 2008 27 Aug '08

8:03 a.m.

Hi there! I have a feature request (or a question "how to do it";)) concerning itemizations. Currently, they are much like LaTeX (say, with the enumitem package). I think this is not the best idea. I can hardly imagine using more than two levels of itemize in my documents; on the other hand, I like to introduce different "kinds" of itemize on the _first_ level. Imagine I'm typesetting a paper on mathematics (which I'm doing all the time;)). I want another kind of itemize for lists of: * equivalent conditions (as in: "the following are equivalent: ..."); * statements connected by an "or" clause (as in: "at least one of these holds: ..."; * statements connected by an "and" clause (as in: "assume that these conditions are satisfied: ..."). What I usually do (in LaTeX) is to define a few environments, like "equivenumerate", "orenumerate", "andenumerate" etc., and make them use (a), (b), ..., (i), (ii), ..., or (1), (2), ... respectively. This way I have a clear visual clue in my papers on what's going where, and on the other hand, I separate content and presentation. Would it be possible in ConTeXt? If yes, how to do this? Maybe it's worth mentioning in the new manual? (As usual, I'll try to post the answer on the wiki when I have some spare time!) -- Marcin Borkowski (http://mbork.faculty.fmcs.amu.edu.pl)

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Wolfgang Schuster

27 Aug 27 Aug

8:12 a.m.

New subject: Feature request: \newitemize or something like this

On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 10:03 AM, Marcin Borkowski wrote:

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Hi there!

I have a feature request (or a question "how to do it";)) concerning itemizations. Currently, they are much like LaTeX (say, with the enumitem package). I think this is not the best idea. I can hardly imagine using more than two levels of itemize in my documents; on the other hand, I like to introduce different "kinds" of itemize on the _first_ level. Imagine I'm typesetting a paper on mathematics (which I'm doing all the time;)). I want another kind of itemize for lists of: * equivalent conditions (as in: "the following are equivalent: ..."); * statements connected by an "or" clause (as in: "at least one of these holds: ..."; * statements connected by an "and" clause (as in: "assume that these conditions are satisfied: ...").

What I usually do (in LaTeX) is to define a few environments, like "equivenumerate", "orenumerate", "andenumerate" etc., and make them use (a), (b), ..., (i), (ii), ..., or (1), (2), ... respectively. This way I have a clear visual clue in my papers on what's going where, and on the other hand, I separate content and presentation.

Would it be possible in ConTeXt? If yes, how to do this? Maybe it's worth mentioning in the new manual?

(As usual, I'll try to post the answer on the wiki when I have some spare time!)

Take a look at page 20. http://wolfgang.schuster.googlepages.com/erlangen.pdf Wolfgang

Thomas A. Schmitz

8:23 a.m.

New subject: Feature request: \newitemize or something like this

On Aug 27, 2008, at 10:12 AM, Wolfgang Schuster wrote:

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Take a look at page 20.

http://wolfgang.schuster.googlepages.com/erlangen.pdf

Wolfgang

Hey, that's an excellent presentation. When/where did you give it? Thomas

Wolfgang Schuster

8:30 a.m.

New subject: Feature request: \newitemize or something like this

On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 10:23 AM, Thomas A. Schmitz wrote:

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On Aug 27, 2008, at 10:12 AM, Wolfgang Schuster wrote:

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Take a look at page 20.

http://wolfgang.schuster.googlepages.com/erlangen.pdf

Wolfgang

Hey, that's an excellent presentation. When/where did you give it?

2. August in Erlangen (footer right margin ;-) http://home.vr-web.de/was/stammtisch.html#bayerntreff Wolfgang

Marcin Borkowski

8:37 a.m.

New subject: Feature request: \newitemize or something like this

Dnia Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 10:12:16AM +0200, Wolfgang Schuster napisał(a):

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On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 10:03 AM, Marcin Borkowski wrote: What I usually do (in LaTeX) is to define a few environments, like

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"equivenumerate", "orenumerate", "andenumerate" etc., and make them use (a), (b), ..., (i), (ii), ..., or (1), (2), ... respectively. This way I have a clear visual clue in my papers on what's going where, and on the other hand, I separate content and presentation.

Would it be possible in ConTeXt? If yes, how to do this? Maybe it's worth mentioning in the new manual?

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Take a look at page 20.

http://wolfgang.schuster.googlepages.com/erlangen.pdf

Wolfgang

Hey, that's just WOW!!! It's a pity it's in German - I'll have to recall what I learned about that language a looong time ago... But thanks, thanks a million times! Greets -- Marcin Borkowski (http://mbork.faculty.fmcs.amu.edu.pl)

Henning Hraban Ramm

30 Aug 30 Aug

8:45 p.m.

New subject: Feature request: \newitemize or something like this

Am 2008-08-27 um 10:12 schrieb Wolfgang Schuster:

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http://wolfgang.schuster.googlepages.com/erlangen.pdf

Really nice! I should steal that to renew my own presentations... ;-) Unfortunately it's full of typos. Greetlings from Lake Constance! Hraban --- http://www.fiee.net/texnique/ http://wiki.contextgarden.net https://www.cacert.org (I'm an assurer)

Wolfgang Schuster

1 Sep 1 Sep

8:23 a.m.

New subject: Feature request: \newitemize or something like this

On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 10:12 AM, Wolfgang Schuster wrote:

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On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 10:03 AM, Marcin Borkowski wrote:

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Hi there!

I have a feature request (or a question "how to do it";)) concerning itemizations. Currently, they are much like LaTeX (say, with the enumitem package). I think this is not the best idea. I can hardly imagine using more than two levels of itemize in my documents; on the other hand, I like to introduce different "kinds" of itemize on the _first_ level. Imagine I'm typesetting a paper on mathematics (which I'm doing all the time;)). I want another kind of itemize for lists of: * equivalent conditions (as in: "the following are equivalent: ..."); * statements connected by an "or" clause (as in: "at least one of these holds: ..."; * statements connected by an "and" clause (as in: "assume that these conditions are satisfied: ...").

What I usually do (in LaTeX) is to define a few environments, like "equivenumerate", "orenumerate", "andenumerate" etc., and make them use (a), (b), ..., (i), (ii), ..., or (1), (2), ... respectively. This way I have a clear visual clue in my papers on what's going where, and on the other hand, I separate content and presentation.

Would it be possible in ConTeXt? If yes, how to do this? Maybe it's worth mentioning in the new manual?

(As usual, I'll try to post the answer on the wiki when I have some spare time!)

Take a look at page 20.

http://wolfgang.schuster.googlepages.com/erlangen.pdf

The source is also available: http://wolfgang.schuster.googlepages.com/baytex Wolfgang

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