The documentation and the wiki show the syntax for \mar 1 2 \mar [...,...] {...} OPTIONAL 1 REFERENCE 2 CONTENT
When I use the optional argument, then the [ is taken as an argument for the content, which is correct placed into the margin, but the rest "foo]{+}..." is taken as default text. I suppose, that \mar has no optional argument? \starttext \startitemize \item baz \mar[foo]{+} bar baz \item barbaz \stopitemize \stoptext Herbert ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________