Stuart Jansen wrote:

I'm working on a rather complex document containing frequent use of positional graphics. Unfortunately, I've discovered what I expect will be a pretty nasty problem to fix. When I combine horoffset, startitemize, & positiongraphics the graphics are placed in the wrong spot. I've managed to cook up the simple test case below which demonstrates the problem.

=============== \setuplayout[ horoffset=.5cm ] \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided] \setupcolors[state=start]

\defineoverlay [backgraphics] [\positionoverlay{backgraphics}] \setupbackgrounds[page][background=backgraphics] \newcounter\CurrentCallout \startMPpositiongraphic{mypos:line} path p ; initialize_box(\MPpos{\MPvar{from}}) ; p := lrxy..urxy..ulxy..cycle ; p := center p shifted (-.5cm,0mm) -- center p ; pickup pencircle scaled 2pt ; drawarrow p withcolor red ; anchor_box(\MPanchor{\MPvar{from}}) ; \stopMPpositiongraphic \def\myitem% {\doglobal\increment\CurrentCallout\item \hpos{myitem:b:\CurrentCallout}{\strut} \startpositionoverlay{backgraphics} \setMPpositiongraphic{myitem:b:\CurrentCallout}{mypos:line} \stoppositionoverlay}

\starttext \startitemize[n,serried] \dorecurse{30}{\myitem\input tufte } \stopitemize \stoptext

where do you assign a value to "from"? what effect do you want to achieve? Hans -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------