> Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد <mailto:Idris.Hamid@colostate.edu>
> 4. August 2017 um 06:36
> Dear syndicate,
>
> Not sure if there is a canonical way to do numbered paragraphs. In the
> following, I use subsections to mimic numbered paragraphs:
>
> =======section-intext.tex=======
> \setuphead[section][style=\bfa,after={\blank[big]},before={\blank[big,medium]},color=walayahblue] 
>
> \setuphead[subsection][style=\bf,after={\blank[big]},before={\blank[big,medium]},color=walayahgreen,alternative=text,distance=0.28em] 
>
> \setuphead[subsubsection][style=\tf,after={\blank[big]},before={\blank[big,medium]},color=walayahred,alternative=text,distance=0.28em] 
>
>
> \starttext
> \startsection[title=Section 1]
> \startsubsection
> \input ward
> \stopsubsection
>
> \startsubsection[title=Paragraph 2]
> \input ward
> \stopsubsection
>
> \startsubsection
> \startparagraph
> \input ward
> \stopparagraph
> \stopsubsection
> \stopsection
> \stoptext
> ==============
>
> See attached output.
>
> In paragraphs 1 and 2, there is too much distance between the subsection
> number (subsection number + title in paragraph 2) and between the text.
> The distance parameter is not appropriate here, it is the distance 
> *after*
> the section head that needs adjustment (even if the text portion of the
> head (i.e., the section title) is empty).
>
> Question 1: How do we fix the post-head distance?
>
> Paragraph three shows that one apparently cannot mix this sectioning
> approach with the \start-stopparagraph mechanism.
>
> Question 2: Is there a way to mix \start-stopparagraph with the above
> subsection approach to par numbering?
>
> I suppose that as long as I maintain exactly one paragraph per 
> subsection,
> then structured output  (xml etc.) should look ok.
>
> Question 3: Is there a wiser way to handle this kind of par numbering in
> mkiv?

\setupwhitespace[big]

\definelabel[ParagraphNumber][text=Paragraph,closesymbol={\hspace[big]}]

\setupparagraphintro[each][\ParagraphNumber]

\starttext

\section{Section}

\input ward

\input ward

\input ward

\stoptext

Wolfgang