Hi Hraban,

On Sun, 8 Nov 2020 at 07:57, Henning Hraban Ramm <texml@fiee.net> wrote:

>
>
> > Am 08.11.2020 um 03:19 schrieb Sylvain Hubert <champignoom@gmail.com>:
> >
> > Dear List,
> >
> > I'm trying to move up a section title (section b) 2cm upward:
> >
> >     \starttext
> >     \section{a}
> >     \blank[-2cm,force]\
> >     \section{b}
> >     \section{c}
> >     \stoptext
> >
> > The empty space (\ ) after the \blank is necessary here, without which
> the \blank does nothing.
> > I would like to ask whether there is a less hacky way to let \blank work
> than the hidden space.
>
> You could use the low level method of \vskip-2cm
>

Indeed this is a clearer hack.
Thank you for the suggestion!

Sylvain