On Sat, Sep  5, 2026 at 21:46 (+0200), Wolfgang Schuster wrote:

> Am 05.09.2026 um 20:35 schrieb Jim Diamond via ntg-context:
>> Hi all,

>> In the wiki page for \its
>> https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Command/its
>> we see the example

>> \startitemize
>>     [5,             % open circles
>> packed]        % no blank lines between items (counteracts 
>> \setupwhitespace[big])
>>     [width=6em,     % width of area in which bullets/numbers/scales are 
>> placed
>> distance=2em,  % distance between last scale point and item
>> items=4]       % number of points in scale
>>     % First we print a range key
>>     \ran{yes \hss no} % \hss produces an infinitely stretchable (and 
>> squashable) space
>>     \its I think Lord Peter Wimsey is the bee's knees.
>>     \its I think Bunter is the caterpillar's waistcoat.
>> \stopitemize

>> When I run that with the context in TL 2025, I get the output as shown in
>> the wiki page.

>> However, both TL26 and standalone give me different output, in which "I" is
>> overlaid on "think" (or vice versa).

>> No doubt someone familiar with the code will immediately see the problem.
>> Unfortunately, that isn't me. :-)
> Unfortunately it took longer than expected but I found the problem.

> On line 1430 in strc-itm.mklx there is a % missing the end of the
> defininition for \strc_itemgroups_start_symbol, as a result the command took
> everything until the next space as argument.

> -\tolerant\protected\def\strc_itemgroups_start_symbol[#reference]#:#text
> +\tolerant\protected\def\strc_itemgroups_start_symbol[#reference]#:#text%
>   {\def\strc_itemgroups_extra_symbol{#text}%
>    \c_strc_itemgroups_symbol\conditionaltrue
>    \startitemgroupitem[#reference]%
>    \dotagsetitem\s!symbol}

Wolfgang,

thanks very much for finding the fix... your fix got me back on track.

                                Jim

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