Untested but this should work:
\section{This title is long \nomarking{enough to cause problems in the
headers and footers}}
Everything inside \nomarking{} will not be shown in the headers or footers.
See https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Command/nomarking
Duncan
On Fri, 14 Mar 2025 at 14:33, Mohammad Hossein Bateni <bat...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hello,
>
> How can I clip long markings in the header?
>
> See this MNWE, where the two copies of section title collide on page 3.
>
> ---------------
> \starttext
> \setupbodyfont[20pt]
> \setupheadertexts[section][section]
> \section{One}
> \section{Two}
> \page
> \section{Three}
> \page
> \section{Long Title for Section Four}
> \page
> \section{Five}
> \stoptext
> ------------
>
> How can I clip the title to a fixed length (5cm?) and perhaps add "..." at
> the end for longer titles?
>
> Is it possible to provide an alternative shorter section title within
> \section?
>
> Thanks,
> Mohammad
>
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