Thanks Hans for having replied.

 

My message was a bit confusing, sorry about that. I think the problem is that ‘back’ (or \blank generally) does not seem to work the same with negative blank as it does with positive blank. The following :

 

\showgrid\setuplayout[grid=both]

\starttext

Title.

\blank[2*line]\blank[back]\blank[line]

Line.

\stoptext

 

Outputs 1 blank line between Title and Line, so that \blank[2*line] is effectively ignored, as expected. But

 

\showgrid\setuplayout[grid=both]

\starttext

Title.

\blank[2*line]\blank[back]\blank[-line]

Line.

\stoptext

 

Outputs Title and Line in 2 consecutive lines (instead of being on same line). So \blank[2*lines] is effectively ignored as expected but the \blank[-line] is also ignored too. Is the latter expected or not ?

 

Thanks again,

Best regards

 

Joseph

 

De : Hans Hagen
Envoyé le :samedi 25 février 2017 21:53
À : ntg-context@ntg.nl
Objet :Re: [NTG-context] Question on "back" key in \blank

 

On 2/25/2017 7:04 PM, josephcanedo@gmail.com wrote:

> Dear list,

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> Sorry if question is trivial but I’d like to use « back » key in \blank

> to discard a \blank just before. The following MWE illustrates :

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it goes back when there's something to go back

 

there is also \blank[disable] to disable the next one

 

> \starttext

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> Title.

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> \blank[none]

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> \blank[back, -line] %% I’d expect this one to discard the \blank[none]

> (as if it was not present)

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> \startalignment[broad, flushright, hanging]Right.\stopalignment

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> \stoptext

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> I’d expect that Title and Right words to be on the same line, but they

> are not. Did I misunderstood the meaning of ‘back’ key ?

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> Thanks a lot for help and time,

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> Best regards

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> Joseph Canedo

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