You can try
Latest news:
\startitemize[packed][distance=7.5em,leftmargindistance=2em,]
\sym {Bob Loblaw} blah blah blah
\sym {Sally Smithers} yada yada yada
\stopitemize
Inside a bracket pair, either use [a,b] or [a=b], do not mix them. How to
know what to use? In this case you can look up \startitemize in
https://www.pragma-ade.com/general/qrcs/setup-en.pdf
to see how to do it.
But, that said, maybe you shall define your own itemgroup for this, and set
it up, since then you do not have to add these settings everytime. Also,
depending on what you do, maybe a description is more what you need here.
/Mikael
On Wed, Jan 8, 2025 at 4:15 PM Jim <zlists+cont...@jdvb.ca> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I am using the following sort of structure:
>
> Latest news:
> \startitemize[distance=7.5em,leftmargindistance=2em,]
> \sym {Bob Loblaw} blah blah blah
> \sym {Sally Smithers} yada yada yada
> \stopitemize
>
> However, I wanted to achieve a "packed" list, so I tried
>
> Latest news:
> \startitemize[packed,distance=7.5em,leftmargindistance=2em,]
> \sym {Bob Loblaw} blah blah blah
> \sym {Sally Smithers} yada yada yada
> \stopitemize
>
> and, as you can see if you try it, the "packed" is completely ignored.
>
> I discovered that using either the distance= or the leftmargindistance=
> parameters "cancels" the "packed".
>
> I looked at the documentation I could (relatively easily) find, and I have
> not discovered either
> (1) why distance and leftmargindistance "cancel" packed, nor
> (2) how to uncancel this cancellation.
>
> I can work around this in a number of ways (including setting
> \setupitemize[1][width=<some suitable amount>] )
> but I'd prefer to avoid kludgy work-arounds if at all possible.
>
> Can anyone tell me The Right Way to do this?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Jim
>
>
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