Command/definedescription

\definedescription

Syntax

\definedescription[...][...][...=...,...]
[...]	name
[...]	name
...=...,...	inherits from \setupdescription

inherits from

\setupdescription[...,...][...=...,...]
[...,...]	name
title	yes no
level	number
text	text
headcommand	oneargument
before	command
after	command
inbetween	command
alternative	left right inmargin inleft inright margin leftmargin rightmargin innermargin outermargin serried hanging top empty command name
align	see \setupalign
headalign	see \setupalign
indenting	see \setupindenting
display	yes no
indentnext	yes no auto
width	fit broad line dimension
distance	none dimension
stretch	number
shrink	number
hang	fit broad none margin number
closesymbol	command
closecommand	oneargument
expansion	yes no xml
referenceprefix	+ - text
sample	text
margin	yes no standard dimension
style	style command
color	color
headstyle	style command
headcolor	color
aligntitle	yes no

\definedescription[...][...,...=...,...]
[...]	name
[...,...=...,...]	see \setupdescriptions

Description

Define a new description with an associated style.

Example

Sample 1

\definedescription
   [concept]
   [alternative=serried,
    headstyle=bold,
    width=broad]

\concept{Hasselter juffer} 
A sort of biscuit made of puff pastry and covered with sugar. It tastes very sweet. \par

yields

Sample 2

\definedescription[T]
  [headstyle=bold,
   width=fit, % Width of the running text
   indenting={yes,medium}, % (Internal) indenting of the running text
   text={\hbox to1.5em{$\bullet$}}, % Put in the front of each label
   hang=5, % Revert indenting after 5 lines
  ]

\startTEXpage

  \startT{My Label}
    \input knuth
  \stopT

  \T{Another label}
    \input ward
   
\stopTEXpage

Gives:

See also

• Description
• Enumerations
• startdescription
• \setupdescription
• \setupdescriptions
• description

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