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< [[Bugs The basic commands are {{cmd|setupalign}} for the whole document, and workarounds]] {{cmd| startalignment}} for a given block. Additional [[FAQ:Category:Command/Alignment|alignment commands list]] >.
Unfortunately, when Hans was first writing this part of ConTeXt, he was thinking of "ragged right" and "ragged left" alignment, rather than "flush left" and "flush right". And now that it's been this way a while, it's impossible to change it, because changing it would break backward compatibility with all of the existing documents that use it.
If you'd rather not try to remember that it's backwards, ConTeXt now supports <tt>flushleft</tt> and <tt>flushright</tt> options, which do exactly the same thing, but in the "correct" direction. Thus:
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; Warning: ConTeXt uses <tt>flushleft</tt> and <tt>flushright</tt> options. The <tt>right</tt> and <tt>left</tt> alignments are '''backwards from the usual directions in all commands that accept an alignment option''', in the sense of "ragged left" and "ragged right". Unfortunately, when Hans was first writing this part of ConTeXt, he was thinking of "ragged right" and "ragged left" alignment, rather than "flush left" and "flush right". And now that it's been this way a while, it's impossible to change it, because changing it would break backward compatibility with all of the existing documents that use it. For instance, :
<context source="yes" text="produces">
</context>
<context source="yes" text="produces">
</context>
Incidentally, note that <{{cmd>|leftaligned</cmd> }} and <{{cmd>|rightaligned</cmd> }} produce flush-left and flush-right alignment, with
<context source="yes" text="producing">
\rightaligned{This is some \type{rightaligned} text.}
</context>
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