From: Wolfgang Schuster <wolfgang.schuster.lists@gmail.com>
To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>,
James Withers <james.o.withers@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: \blank space at the top of a page
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2020 17:44:43 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <394df6a1-c011-0442-a767-d15b14657a45@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAE8093UVw7j4qP2qDR--tVU5MvNLUPqYFwh_9tb4+akBxG7-Lg@mail.gmail.com>
James Withers schrieb am 18.06.2020 um 17:35:
> Hello list
>
> I have been trying to find a solution to how to insert blank lines
> before a chapter heading at the start of a page. In the following
> example the \blank[4*big] is ignored. The solution I've found is to
> add an empty box using \mbox{} before the \blank command.
I'm curious where the use of \mbox is documented.
> Is this the right way to do it or is there a more elegant way that I
> am missing?
>
> Many thanks
>
> James
>
>
> \setuphead[chapter][before={\blank[4*big]}]
You have to add the "force" keyword to \blank because TeX ignores by
default vertical space at the begin of a page.
\setuphead[chapter][before={\blank[force,4*big]}]
Wolfgang
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