Am 26.04.2012 um 18:36 schrieb Bill Meahan: > > On 04/26/2012 11:11, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: >> Am 25.04.2012 um 23:20 schrieb Bill Meahan: >> >>> Hi, folks. >>> >>> I've tried running the example from the "descriptions" article on the wiki >>> and it works fine if I use MkII via "texexec" but fails miserably if I use >>> MlIV via "context." Outside of changing "location" to "alternative" in the >>> \definedescription command parameters, what else do I need to change to >>> make the example run with MkIV? >> Which example doesn’t work? >> >> Wolfgang > > This one: > > \setupdescriptions[descr][ > headstyle=bold,style=normal,align=left,alternative=hanging, > width=fit,margin=1cm] > > \definedescription[descr][ > headstyle=bold] > > \starttext > \startdescr{Para} > This is a shorter item label, and some text that talks about it. > The text is wrapped into a paragraph, with successive lines indented. > > This is another paragraph under the "Para" item. > \startdescr{Sub Item} > This is a description of an item which is within the > "Para" item. > \stopdescr > \startdescr{Sub Item} > Another Sub Item > \stopdescr > \stopdescr > \startdescr{Short with long title} > A short item that's not part of that really long "Para" item. > \stopdescr > > \stoptext
The example works for me but it’s bad style to use \setup… before you have created the command with \define… You can also remove “align=left” because this will make the whole text right aligned, with MkII this isn’t a problem because the setting doesn’t work. Wolfgang ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________