Hi, it's me again...
I managed to finish my first "serious" ConTeXt project (in fact, it was
a two-page math test for my wife, who teaches maths;)).
But I encountered quite a few problems with itemizations. To sum it up,
I've prepared a minimal sample file illustrating them. Here it is:
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\def\testitemize#1#2#3{{\bf #1}\par
\startitemize #2
\item plplplpl
\item plplplpl
\startitemize #3
\item plplplpl
\item plplplpl
\item plplplpl
\item plplplpl
\item plplplpl
\stopitemize
\item plplplpl
\stopitemize
{\bf Blah, blah.}
\page}
\starttext
\testitemize{Default values. Works fine.}
{}{}
\testitemize{Different numbering. Results in overfull hboxes---???}
{}{[a][left=(,right=),stopper=]}
\testitemize{Outer one packed. Inner one gets also packed---is this
ok???}
{[packed]}{}
\testitemize{Inner one packed. Works fine.}
{}{[packed]}
\testitemize{Both packed. Works fine.}
{[packed]}{[packed]}
\testitemize{Inner one joinedup. Works as packed---???}
{}{[joinedup]}
\testitemize{Inner one packed and joinedup. Works as packed---???}
{}{[packed,joinedup]}
\testitemize{Outer one joinedup. Does this imply packed?}
{[joinedup]}{}
\testitemize{Inner one twocolumn. Why is this packed, too?}
{}{[columns]}
\testitemize{Inner one 2-col and joinedup. What about the space
{\em after} the inner one?}
{}{[joinedup,columns]}
\testitemize{Outer one twocolumn. packed implied???}
{[columns]}{}
\testitemize{Outer one 2-col. and joinedup. packed implied (?), apart
from that fine.}
{[joinedup,columns]}{}
\stoptext
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Most cases are wrong (or at least strange)---each page with at least one
question mark is something I can't understand.
Which ones are bugs and which ones are features? What to do to overcome
these problems?
Also, I've noticed that the [intro] option does not _prohibit_ page
break---is that ok? The manual (or wiki, I can't remember) says it
_discourages_ it---but shouldn't it prohibit it completely?
And one more: what is the difference between \page[yes] and
\page[makeup]? I didn't notice any.
Hope you don't get fed up with me, folks... I promise to put some
answers on the wiki soon (during the next few days). Maybe I'll even
post a complete working file as a sample... I hope that all my
questions (and your answers;)) will lead to a better typesetting tool...
Greets
--
Marcin Borkowski (http://mbork.faculty.fmcs.amu.edu.pl)
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