Hi Marco, ·········

\definedescription [description] [alternative=hanging, width=broad] <... /> In the second case the “Thus,” should be placed on the line after the head. How do I achieve that? My current workaround is to append a \hbox{ } to the problematic entries.

you can hack the hanging alternative and substitute a glue for the kern that is used for spacing (strc-con.mkvi): ······································································· \definedescription [description] [alternative=hanging, width=broad] \unprotect \startsetups[\??constructionrenderings:\v!hanging] % tricky: leftskipadaption is somewhat unpredictable \let\\=\crlf \noindent \advance\leftskip-\leftskipadaption\relax \ifdim\leftskipadaption=\zeropoint \leftskipadaption1.5\emwidth\relax % just some default \ifnum\c_strc_constructions_nested_state=\plusone \ifdim\leftskip>\zeropoint \relax \leftskipadaption\leftskip \fi \fi \fi \ifnum\c_strc_constructions_nested_state>\zerocount % was \ifnum\c_strc_constructions_nested_state=\plusone \advance\leftskip\leftskipadaption % but we're already further on \fi \hskip-\leftskipadaption\relax \ifhbox\constructionheadbox\unhcopy\else\copy\fi\constructionheadbox %% here’s the change: ············································· % \kern\ifdim\constructionsheaddistance=\zeropoint .75\emwidth\else\constructionsheaddistance\fi \hskip\ifdim\constructionsheaddistance=\zeropoint .75\emwidth\else\constructionsheaddistance\fi \useconstructionstyleandcolor\c!style\c!color \ignorespaces \stopsetups \protect \starttext \startdescription{conclusion that} \input knuth \stopdescription \startdescription{conclusion that the designer of a new system must not only be literally} \input knuth \stopdescription \stoptext ······································································· But maybe this could be made an option? Regards Philipp -- () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments