From: James Withers <james.o.withers@gmail.com>
To: Wolfgang Schuster <wolfgang.schuster.lists@gmail.com>
Cc: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Subject: Re: \blank space at the top of a page
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2020 19:11:15 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAE8093XpkMy951-dtOao4=b6U9r8J+nidKn5L-Rink7Yw7XeBA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <394df6a1-c011-0442-a767-d15b14657a45@gmail.com>
Many thanks Wolfgang
I tried using force but that caused a problem with aligning to the
grid, not included in my original example, but included below.
I think I have seen \mbox used in this way in Latex, so was trying to
find a quick solution.
James
\setuplayout[grid=yes]
\showgrid
\setuphead[chapter][before={\blank[4*big]}]
\starttext
\startchapter[title={No space above this chapter}]
chapter text etc
\stopchapter
\setuphead[chapter][before={\blank[4*big,force]}]
\startchapter[title={Chapter with spacing but out of line with grid}]
chapter text etc
\stopchapter
\setuphead[chapter][before={\blank[4*line,force]}]
\startchapter[title={Chapter with spacing but out of line with grid}]
chapter text etc
\stopchapter
\stoptext
On Thu, 18 Jun 2020 at 16:44, Wolfgang Schuster
<wolfgang.schuster.lists@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> James Withers schrieb am 18.06.2020 um 17:35:
> > Hello list
> >
> > I have been trying to find a solution to how to insert blank lines
> > before a chapter heading at the start of a page. In the following
> > example the \blank[4*big] is ignored. The solution I've found is to
> > add an empty box using \mbox{} before the \blank command.
>
> I'm curious where the use of \mbox is documented.
>
> > Is this the right way to do it or is there a more elegant way that I
> > am missing?
> >
> > Many thanks
> >
> > James
> >
> >
> > \setuphead[chapter][before={\blank[4*big]}]
>
> You have to add the "force" keyword to \blank because TeX ignores by
> default vertical space at the begin of a page.
>
> \setuphead[chapter][before={\blank[force,4*big]}]
>
> Wolfgang
>
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