Thanks for the suggestions! Is there a way to get the amount of horizontal
space the initial takes so that can be put in manually in front of the next
paragraph?

On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 6:51 PM, Pablo Rodriguez <oinos@gmx.es> wrote:

> On 06/09/2017 07:05 AM, Martin Oppegaard wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > When placing an initial and the paragraph is short, the initial is
> > laid over the next paragraph. Example:
> >
> > \starttext
> > \placeinitial
> > Knuth writes:
> >
> > \input knuth
> > \stoptext
> >
> > Is there anything to do about this?
>
> Hi Martin,
>
> I guess initials make sense only when used inside a paragraph. It is
> problematic when you have white space defined.
>
> Having margin initials is also another approach. You may compare both
> with the following sample:
>
>     \setupwhitespace[medium]
>     \setupinitial[location=margin]
>     \starttext
>     \placeinitial
>     Knuth writes:
>
>     \input knuth
>     \setupinitial[location=text]
>     \placeinitial
>     Knuth writes:\\
>     \input knuth
>     \stoptext
>
> I hope it helps,
>
> Pablo
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