On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 11:18 PM, Marcin Borkowski wrote:

Hi, it's me again...

I managed to finish my first "serious" ConTeXt project (in fact, it was a two-page math test for my wife, who teaches maths;)).

But I encountered quite a few problems with itemizations. To sum it up, I've prepared a minimal sample file illustrating them. Here it is:

========= cut here ========= \def\testitemize#1#2#3{{\bf #1}\par \startitemize #2 \item plplplpl \item plplplpl \startitemize #3 \item plplplpl \item plplplpl \item plplplpl \item plplplpl \item plplplpl \stopitemize \item plplplpl \stopitemize {\bf Blah, blah.} \page}

\starttext

\testitemize{Default values. Works fine.} {}{}

\testitemize{Different numbering. Results in overfull hboxes---???} {}{[a][left=(,right=),stopper=]}

Use [a,broad][...] or [a][width=...,...] for the inner list.

\testitemize{Outer one packed. Inner one gets also packed---is this ok???} {[packed]}{}

Yes but you could use [unpacked] for the inner list.

\testitemize{Inner one packed. Works fine.} {}{[packed]}

\testitemize{Both packed. Works fine.} {[packed]}{[packed]}

\testitemize{Inner one joinedup. Works as packed---???} {}{[joinedup]}

\testitemize{Inner one packed and joinedup. Works as packed---???} {}{[packed,joinedup]}

\testitemize{Outer one joinedup. Does this imply packed?} {[joinedup]}{}

\testitemize{Inner one twocolumn. Why is this packed, too?} {}{[columns]}

\testitemize{Inner one 2-col and joinedup. What about the space {\em after} the inner one?} {}{[joinedup,columns]}

\testitemize{Outer one twocolumn. packed implied???} {[columns]}{}

\testitemize{Outer one 2-col. and joinedup. packed implied (?), apart from that fine.} {[joinedup,columns]}{}

\stoptext ========= cut here =========

Most cases are wrong (or at least strange)---each page with at least one question mark is something I can't understand.

Which ones are bugs and which ones are features? What to do to overcome these problems?

Also, I've noticed that the [intro] option does not _prohibit_ page break---is that ok? The manual (or wiki, I can't remember) says it _discourages_ it---but shouldn't it prohibit it completely?

And one more: what is the difference between \page[yes] and \page[makeup]? I didn't notice any.

Hope you don't get fed up with me, folks... I promise to put some answers on the wiki soon (during the next few days). Maybe I'll even post a complete working file as a sample... I hope that all my questions (and your answers;)) will lead to a better typesetting tool...

Wolfgang