[NTG-context] making multiple choice questions exams

[Aditya Mahajan]

On Thu, 1 Jun 2006, Hans Hagen wrote:

> Aditya Mahajan wrote:
>> This is interesting. I have a couple of questions.
>>
>> On Sun, 28 May 2006, Hans Hagen wrote:
>>
>>
>>> This should get you started ... please wikify this:
>>>
>>> \setupitemgroup[itemize][1][a,random,packed]
>>>
>>> \startsetups examn:make
>>> [snipped]
>>> \stopsetups
>>>
>>> \startsetups examn:ok
>>>    \doifmode {answers} {
>>>        \inleft{\symbol[star]}
>>>    }
>>>    \ignorespaces
>>> \stopsetups
>>>
>>
>> For some reason, ignorespaces is ignored. The output is shifted left
>> by one space. Is this because of some grouping issue.
>>
>>
>>> \starttext
>>>
>>> \startbuffer[examn]
>>>
>>> \startitemize
>>> \startitem first  \stopitem
>>> \startitem \setups[examn:ok] second \stopitem
>>> \startitem third  \stopitem
>>> \startitem fourth \stopitem
>>> \stopitemize
>>> [snipped]
>>> \stopbuffer
>>>
>>
>>
>> Any particular reason for using \startitem ... \stopitem instead of
>> \item? I could not notice any difference between the two. Is it just a
>> matter of taste?
>>
>>
> well, you don't have the 'random' option in your version; we need 
> the start/stop then because we need to collect the items first

Oops, was testing with the wrong setup. Thanks for the explaination.

Aditya