Command/setupdescription

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Last modified: 2025-10-08

Summary

The command \setupdescription is used to setup description environments

Settings

\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

Option Explanation
text
Text before a head.
before
Key that defines what happens before the enumeration starts. With this key and the after key on can achieve the same effect as in itemize with the option "packed"
after
Key that defines what happens after an enumeration stops.
inbetween
This key is used when the title is on top. The key controls what can be placed between title and text.
indentnext
control the indentation of the following paragraph.
width
Width of the description head.
fit equal to the head width
broad equal to the head width plus distance option
distance
See width=broad.
hang
number stop indentation of the left edge after this many lines
sample
Text that defines the width of the paragraph.
margin
Overall (head and paragraph) left edge indenting.

Description

Examples

Notes

See also

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