Re: Linespacing in TOC

[Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>]

On 11/23/2013 1:44 PM, Jan Tosovsky wrote:
> On 2013-11-23 Hans Hagen wrote:
>> On 11/23/2013 12:16 PM, Jan Tosovsky wrote:
>>> On 2013-11-23 Jan Tosovsky wrote:
>>>> On 2013-11-22 Hans Hagen wrote:
>>>>> On 11/22/2013 9:44 PM, Jan Tosovsky wrote:
>>>>>> On 2013-11-20 Hans Hagen wrote:
>>>>>>> On 11/19/2013 11:48 PM, Jan Tosovsky wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I'd like to tweak a default TOC linespacing...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> \title{Table of Contents}
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> \start
>>>>>>>         \setupinterlinespace[line=0.8ex]
>>>>>>>         \placecontent
>>>>>>> \stop
>>>>>>
>>>>>> But as I found, any value below 2.8ex causes interline
>>>>>> inconsistencies when
>>>>>> special cases appears, see the extreme below:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> \starttext
>>>>>> \start
>>>>>> \setupinterlinespace[line=1.0ex]
>>>>>> \placecontent
>>>>>> \stop
>>>>>> \chapter{aaaaaaaa}. % line without descenders
>>>>>> \chapter{pppppppp}. % line with descenders
>>>>>> \chapter{ŠŠŠŠŠŠŠŠ}. % the result is an inconsistent baseline
>>>>>> \stoptext
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Is there any remedy for this? Can I fix the baseline distance
>>>>>> somehow?
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> \definegridsnapping[crap] [fit,0.2]
>>>>> \setuplayout[grid=crap]
>>>>
>>>> This helps! But... it breaks something else :-(
>>>
>>> I've finally found an acceptable solution.
>>>
>>> During my tests I found a crucial difference between:
>>>
>>> \setupinterlinespace[line=2.0ex]
>>>
>>> and
>>>
>>> \setupinterlinespace[0.25]
>>>
>>> The latter sets the baseline distance correctly even without that
>>> problematic snapping to the grid!
>>>
>>>> All lines in my book have a certain (default) linespacing.
>>>> TOC entries are rendered (by default) using bigger linespacing.
>>>
>>> Btw, is there any option to override a default (huge) TOC
>> linespacing? I
>>> still consider my solution rather a hack.
>>
>> just set 'before' and 'after'
>
> Ok. I haven't realize that.
>
>> normally linespacing in the toc is the same as in the rest of the
>> document unless one has assigned to before/after
>
> This example shows different behaviour:
>
> \showgrid
> \starttext
> \start
> \placecontent
> \stop
> \chapter{aaaaaaaa}Foo
>
> Bar
> \chapter{pppppppp}.
> \chapter{ŠŠŠŠŠŠŠŠ}.
> \stoptext
>
> On my computer the TOC linespacing is almost twice as big as that in the
> paragraph.

if the grid is on that can indeed be the case but only if there are 
lines with > lineheight so that's why you can use less strict options 
(older mails)

Hans



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