Am 18.08.2014 um 09:29 schrieb Robert Blackstone <blackstone.rob...@gmail.com>:
>
> On 17 aug. 2014, at 20:06, <joshua.krae...@gmail.com> wrot
>
>> On 2014-08-15, 19:56, Robert Blackstone wrote:
>>
>>> A few days ago I posted this question. There were no reactions, but
>>> it is not an urgent matter for me anymore since I found an effective
>>> work-around. (Although I still wonder whether or not this possibility
>>> exists in mkiv,)
>>
>> I have not seen the issue you have described myself. The attached
>> example works for me. You have to prepare a minimal working example
>> that shows the problem. Maybe then somebody can identify the reason
>> for your issue.
>>
>> ********************************************
> Hello Joshua,
> Thanks for your reaction.
> The minimal example you gave works here as well, but it does not really
> concern the problem I had.
>
> When you add a section right at the beginning of the chapter, as is the case
> for nearly all of the chapters of my project, things become different.
> Here is your ME with sections added:
>
> ===================================================
> \starttext
>
> %\startfrontmatter
> %\input knuth
> %\stopfrontmatter
>
> \startbodymatter
>
> \setuphead [chapter] [
> number=yes,
> alternative=middle,
> style=\tfa \bf,
> after={\blank[0.5cm]},
> ]
>
> \chapter{One}
> \section{One a}
> \input knuth
>
> \setuphead [chapter] [
> number=yes,
> alternative=middle,
> style=\tfa \bf,
> after={\blank[0.1cm]},
> ]
>
> \chapter{Two}
>
> \section{Two a}
> \input knuth
>
> \stopbodymatter
>
> \stoptext
> ===================================================
> Despite different setups for the chapter head the distances: chapter head -
> section head - beginning of the text, are identical in both chapters (±1
> pixel).
> But I have realized now, a bit late, that for real control over these
> distances one also needs to setup the section-head in a similar manner,
> additionally specifying the distance "before".
> The presence or absence of Frontmatter does not influence results.
> I think there must have been a setup command somewhere in my setups that I
> had forgotten about.
You’re forgetting that \section insert also a space before the text is placed.
In a case where two commands insert a space at the same position like here the
larger value is used which comes in the second chapter from the \section
command.
Wolfgang
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