On Sat, Sep 5, 2026 at 21:18 (+0200), Wolfgang Schuster wrote:
> Am 05.09.2026 um 16:32 schrieb Jim Diamond via ntg-context:
>> Hi all,
>> If I have
>> \setupwhitespace[big]
>> ...
>> Labs:
>> \startitemize[nowhite,a]
>> \item black
>> \item chocolate
>> \item yellow
>> \stopitemize
>> then the "Labs:" line is immediately followed by the "black" item, as
>> desired (in this case).
>> But if the list is a sub-list, as in the example below, there is a blank
>> line after "Labs:".
>> I have tried a variety of different options, all to no avail. As a
>> work-around, if I make the outer list "packed" and put a \blank after the
>> last item in each sub-list, I get what I want.
>> But is there a set of options which automagically packs the sub-lists (and
>> the text above them) together but separates the sub-lists by blank lines?
> Context use the value of the inbetween key at the begin and end of sub lists
> unless you change this behaviour with the spacing=before option. The
> following example demonstrates how you can use the packed option and the
> before and after key to change the spacing in the list.
> %%%% begin example
> \define[1]\HighlightParameter
> {\leftaligned{\tttf\middlecyan [#1]}}
> \starttext
> \startbuffer[itemize]
> \startitemize
> \startitem Item 1 \stopitem
> \startitem
> Item 2
> \startitemize
> \startitem Item 2.1 \stopitem
> \startitem Item 2.2 \stopitem
> \stopitemize
> \stopitem
> \startitem Item 3 \stopitem
> \stopitemize
> \stopbuffer
> \startbuffer[packed]
> \setupitemize[1][packed]
> \setupitemize[2][unpacked]
> \stopbuffer
> \startbuffer[spacing]
> \setupitemize[1][spacing=before]
> \stopbuffer
> \startbuffer[combined]
> \setupitemize[1][packed][spacing=before]
> \setupitemize[2][unpacked]
> \stopbuffer
> \startbuffer[disable]
> \setupitemize[1][packed][before=,after=]
> \setupitemize[2][unpacked]
> \stopbuffer
> \setupitemize
> [before=\HighlightParameter{before},
> after=\HighlightParameter{after},
> inbetween=\HighlightParameter{inbetween}]
> \start
> \typebuffer[itemize] \getbuffer[itemize]
> \stop
> \page
> \start
> \typebuffer[packed,itemize] \getbuffer[packed,itemize]
> \stop
> \page
> \start
> \typebuffer[spacing,itemize] \getbuffer[spacing,itemize]
> \stop
> \page
> \start
> \typebuffer[combined,itemize] \getbuffer[combined,itemize]
> \stop
> \page
> \start
> \typebuffer[disable,itemize] \getbuffer[disable,itemize]
> \stop
> \stoptext
> %%%% end example
Hi Wolfgang,
thanks very much for the nice code to test things out. I'll play around
with that to see if I can make itemize do what I want.
> You should also consider to use head entries insted of normal item entries
> for you first level as shown in your example.
Thanks for that too. I've read about that, but also forgot it. Maybe this
time I'll remember.
Cheers.
Jim
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