Thank you for taking the time to rep= ly, linguafalsa, I appreciate it.

The source docum= ent is written in Markdown using KeenWrite, my Markdown editor. Inserting t= ypesetting instructions into the document would defeat the software's a= rchitecture, hence being untenable. After the Markdown is transformed into = XHTML, a specific theme instructs ConTeXt how to typeset the XHTML.

Here's a video showing how theme selection works:
=

https://youtu.be/3QpX70O5S30?l= ist=3DPLB-WIt1cZYLm1MMx2FBG9KWzPIoWZMKu_&t=3D14

I hope this explains the situation more clearly about why changing th= e code between \starttext and \stoptext isn't an option, as you've = done with introducing and using a macro.

Greet= s!

On Tue, Jun 13, 2023 at 7:33=E2=80=AFPM linguafalsa--- via ntg-= context <ntg-context@ntg.nl>= ; wrote:

On Tue,= Jun 13, 2023 at 02:01:14PM -0700, Thangalin via ntg-context wrote:
> Thanks Otared,
>
> Unfortunately, that's adding content between \starttext and \stopt= ext,
> which isn't tenable in my situation. The user is writing in Markdo= wn, which
> is automatically converted to XHTML then passed to ConTeXt, and so the=
> setups need to account for this scenario without modifying the source<= br> > document.
>

Yeah yeah yeah, tenable. A lot of things aren't tenable. Anyhow,
What source document are you talking about here?

You're already sourcing the lines after chapter one. As a matter of
fact, if you weren't sourcing, then you'd have zilch, nada, zero, e= mpty,
null, void, an space, a separation, an abstract

Just define Kermit Muffins and it should be good to go

\setupinitial[n=3D2]

\def\KermitMuffins{\vbox{Kermit Muffins\par\hskip 1.3cm \tfd Meet me at
the second line}}

\setuphead[chapter][
=C2=A0 after=3D{\placeinitial},
=C2=A0 page=3Dno,
]

\starttext
\chapter{one}
\KermitMuffins

\chapter{two}
\input knuth

Meet me at the second line.
\stoptext

> Cheers!
>
> On Tue, Jun 13, 2023 at 1:30=E2=80=AFAM Otared Kavian via ntg-context = <
> ntg-context@nt= g.nl> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Adding \hfill\break to the short line solves the issue, but proba= bly there
> > is a better way to achieve the correct result.
> >
> > \setupinitial[n=3D2]
> >
> > \setuphead[chapter][
> >=C2=A0 =C2=A0after=3D{\placeinitial},
> >=C2=A0 =C2=A0page=3Dno,
> > ]
> >
> > \starttext
> > \chapter{one}
> > Kermit Ruffins \hfill\break % <---
> >
> > Meet me at the second line.
> >
> > \chapter{two}
> > \input knuth
> >
> > Meet me at the second line.
> > \stoptext
> >

> >
> > Best regards: Otared
> >
> > On 13 Jun 2023, at 04:43, Thangalin via ntg-context <ntg-context@ntg.nl>=
> > wrote:
> >
> > I'm using KeenWrite Themes (specifically, Boschet) to typeset= a chapter
> > wherein the first letter is a lettrine. When the first paragraph = is too
> > short, the second paragraph overlaps the lettrine.
> >
> > % SOT
> > \setupinitial[n=3D2]
> >
> > \setuphead[chapter][
> >=C2=A0 =C2=A0after=3D{\placeinitial},
> >=C2=A0 =C2=A0page=3Dno,
> > ]
> >
> > \starttext
> > \chapter{one}
> > Kermit Ruffins
> >
> > Meet me at the second line.
> >
> > \chapter{two}
> > \input knuth
> >
> > Meet me at the second line.
> > \stoptext
> > % EOT
> >
> > Produces: https://i.stack.imgur.com/kNDqw.png
> >
> > How would you instruct ConTeXt to "protect" the lettrin= e such that
> > regardless of whether the first paragraph spans multiple lines, a= short
> > first paragraph will still prevent the second paragraph from over= lapping
> > the lettrine?
> >
> > That is, the setups should work in both cases, without any knowle= dge about
> > the first paragraph length being added between \starttext and \st= optext.
> >
> > ConTeXt LMTX version: 2023.06.04 18:58
> >
> > Thank you!
> >
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> >
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... an anecdote from IBM's Yorktown Heights Research Center.=C2=A0 When= a
programmer used his new computer terminal, all was fine when he was sitting=
down, but he couldn't log in to the system when he was standing up.=C2= =A0 That
behavior was 100 percent repeatable: he could always log in when sitting an= d
never when standing.

Most of us just sit back and marvel at such a story; how could that termina= l
know whether the poor guy was sitting or standing?=C2=A0 Good debuggers, th= ough,
know that there has to be a reason.=C2=A0 Electrical theories are the easie= st to
hypothesize: was there a loose wire under the carpet, or problems with stat= ic
electricity?=C2=A0 But electrical problems are rarely consistently reproduc= ible.
An alert IBMer finally noticed that the problem was in the terminal's keyboard: the tops of two keys were switched.=C2=A0 When the programmer was= seated
he was a touch typist and the problem went unnoticed, but when he stood he = was
led astray by hunting and pecking.
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