On 18 Aug 2014, at 10:43 , Wolfgang Schuster <schuster.wolfg...@gmail.com> wrote: wrote: > > 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. >>> >> >> 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 Thank you, Wolfgang. I was not forgetting what you describe. Worse, I had not taken any notice, just accepting the default distances as they appeared, which generally seemed OK. I hope to be a bit ConTeXt-wiser now.
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