Thanks Rik, that does exactly what I want. Matthias On Jul 25, 2014, at 4:03 PM, Rik Kabel wrote:

On 2014-07-25 14:56, Matthias Weber wrote:

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Dear All,

I’d like to use a mechanism that allows me to create an itemized list with my own labels like one can with descriptions:

\definedescription[outline][ headstyle=bold,style=normal,alternative=hanging,margin=1cm,distance=-.8cm]

\starttext

\outline[Welcome] Tea

\outline[Introduction] Tufte or Knuth?

\outline[Snack] Chocolate Cake

\outline[Discussion] Knuth or Tufte?

\outline[Open End] Bear and wine

\stoptext

However, instead of the above I would like to

— have the result “packed”, i.e. without lines between the descriptions — have a stopper (“:”) after the label — have the text of the description begin after the stopper and not at a fixed indentation (distance=…)

How do I do that?

Thanks,

Matthias

The following works, but I suspect that there may be a better way to get the packing. \define[1]\outlinehead{#1:} \definedescription[outline] \setupdescription [outline] [headstyle=bold, style=normal, % alternative=hanging, width=fit, distance=1ex, before={\blank[back]}, headcommand=\outlinehead, ]

\starttext

\outline{Welcome} Tea

\outline{Introduction} Tufte or Knuth? and more and more and more and more to see what hanging does.

\outline{Snack} Chocolate Cake

\outline{Discussion} Knuth or Tufte?

\outline{Open End} Bear and wine

\stoptext Try it both with and without the hanging alternative.

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