Hello Frans,
Frans Goddijn wrote:
> Only this following works, but then there is not even a new line between the
> word "example" and the rest:
>
> \starttekst
> Example\crlf
> \omlijnd{this is the first line}\crlf
> \omlijnd{second line}\crlf
> \omlijnd{third}
> \stoptekst
>
> any vertical space requested after the "Example" word is *moved* from
> between that word and the first framed line to the line after that...
Try to put \leavevmode before the first \framed:
\starttext
Example
\bigskip
\leavevmode
\framed{this is the first line}\crlf
\framed{second line}\crlf
\framed{third}
\stoptext
or use \par instead of \crlf
Olya
