Hi everyone,

I am using the following sort of structure:

Latest news:
\startitemize[distance=7.5em,leftmargindistance=2em,]
\sym {Bob Loblaw}       blah blah blah
\sym {Sally Smithers}   yada yada yada
\stopitemize

However, I wanted to achieve a "packed" list, so I tried

Latest news:
\startitemize[packed,distance=7.5em,leftmargindistance=2em,]
\sym {Bob Loblaw}       blah blah blah
\sym {Sally Smithers}   yada yada yada
\stopitemize

and, as you can see if you try it, the "packed" is completely ignored.

I discovered that using either the distance= or the leftmargindistance=
parameters "cancels" the "packed".

I looked at the documentation I could (relatively easily) find, and I have
not discovered either
(1) why distance and leftmargindistance "cancel" packed, nor
(2) how to uncancel this cancellation.

I can work around this in a number of ways (including setting
        \setupitemize[1][width=<some suitable amount>] )
but I'd prefer to avoid kludgy work-arounds if at all possible.

Can anyone tell me The Right Way to do this?

Thanks.

                                Jim

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