On Tue, 25 Jan 2022, Joel via ntg-context wrote:
> I have about several different types of list that reoccur multiple times in
> my documents. Though I tried to keep things simple, by just defining the type
> when it appears, strange glitches appear. For instance, I have one that uses
> the ☞ (pointing hand) logo, and sometimes that randomly appears in the wrong
> lists, for reasons I cannot understand.
>
> Below is how I'm defining my lists. I have about a dozen more, this is a
> sample. Is there some more robust and consistent manner in which I should be
> defining them, so the settings from one type don't spill over into the other
> types?
> --Joel
>
> %prompt
>
> \definesymbol[bighand][{{☞}}]
>
> \define[1]\prompt{%
> \setupitemize[symbol=bighand]
> \startitemize
> {\it #1}
> \stopitemize
> }%
This is a global definition. So, once this macro is used, symbol=bighand for
all itemize. What you can use instead is:
\define[1]\prompt{%
\startitemize[symbol=bighand]
{\it #1}
\stopitemize
}%
or even better:
\defineitemgroup[prompt][symbol=bighand,style=italic]
...
\startprompt
\item
\stopprompt
> %written answer (produces some lines after the question for writing an answer)
>
> \define[1]\writingbox{%
> \dorecurse{#1}{%
> \hairline%
> }
> }
There is also: https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Command/fillinrules
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