Dear cartel,
Two problems (annoyances?) with alignment,:
PROBLEM 1: \startalignment[left] creates a spurious underfull hbox:
=======================
% output=pdf interface=en
\starttext
\startalignment[left]
This is a test of alignment.
\stopalignment
\stoptext
=======================
log:
=======================
Underfull \hbox (badness 10000) in paragraph at lines 7--8
[]\*12ptrmtf* This is a test of align-ment.
\hbox(8.26648+2.33331)x426.78743, glue set 12.00853
.\glue(\leftskip) 0.0 plus 24.0
.\hbox(0.0+0.0)x0.0
.\*12ptrmtf* T
.\*12ptrmtf* h
.\*12ptrmtf* i
.etc.
=======================
The other three alignments (see below) do not have this problem;
PROBLEM 2: I think this may have came up a couple of years ago as well, don't
remember if there was ever a resolution...
The options to \start-\stopalignment are inconsistent and, in my view,
contrary to common sense-). Try
=======================
% output=pdf interface=en
\starttext
\rightaligned{This is a test of right alignment.}
\startalignment[right]
This is a test of right alignment.
\stopalignment
\blank[big]
\leftaligned{This is a test of left alignment.}
\startalignment[left]
This is a test of left alignment.
\stopalignment
\stoptext
=======================
\startalignment[right] does the opposite of \rightaligned; ditto for
\startalignment[right] and \leftaligned.
\rightaligned and \leftaligned are correct in my view.
Aside: As ConTeXt develops bidi support, we need alternatives to [left] and
[right] anyway. But it is still apparently inconsistent as it stands (with
emphasis on `apparently' since I am missing/have forgotten the point of why
things behave like this).
Best
Idris
============================
Professor Idris Samawi Hamid
Department of Philosophy
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523
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