List, My understanding of start/stop macros such as \startparagraph...\stopparagraph has been that blank lines are allowed between the block of text and the macros, as \startparagraph This is the text of the paragraph \stopparagraph However, in xml exports the blank line before \stopparagraph leads to spurious break elements in some circumstances, as shown in the following: \setupbackend [export=yes,xhtml=yes] \starttext \startsection[title=trailing blank line] \startparagraph Xxx xxxxxxxxxxx xx xxxxxxxxx xxxxxx xxx xxxxxxxx xx xxxxxxxxxx xxxxxx. Xxx xxxxxxxx xxxxx, \inleft{z} xxxxx xxxxxxxx xx xxxxxxxxx xx xxxx xxxxxxxxx xx xxxxxxx xxxx xx xxxxx, xxx xxxx xxxxxxxx xx xxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxx xx xxxxxxxx xxx xxxxxxxx xx Xxxxxxxx xxxx, xxx xxxx xxxx xxxxxxxxx xx xxxxxxxx xxxxx xxxxxx xxxx. Xxx xxxxxxxxx xxxxxxx xxx xxx xxxxxxxxxx xx xxxxxxxx xxxx xxxxxxx,xxxxxxxxx xxxxxx x xxxxxx, xxxxxxxx xxx xxxxxxxxxxx xxx xxxxx xxxx. Xxxx xxx xxxxxx xx xxx xxxxxxx xxxx, xxxxxxxx xxxx xxxx xxx xxxxxxxxx xx xxxxx xxxxxxxxx, xxx xxx xxxxx xxx xxxxxxxxxxx xx xxxxxx xxxxxx \inleft{zz}. Xxxxxxxx xxxx xxxxx xx xxxx xxxxxxxx (xxxxx, xxxxxxx, xx xxx xxxxxx). \stopparagraph \stopsection \startsection[title=no blank line] \startparagraph Xxx xxxxxxxxxxx xx xxxxxxxxx xxxxxx xxx xxxxxxxx xx xxxxxxxxxx xxxxxx. Xxx xxxxxxxx xxxxx, \inleft{z} xxxxx xxxxxxxx xx xxxxxxxxx xx xxxx xxxxxxxxx xx xxxxxxx xxxx xx xxxxx, xxx xxxx xxxxxxxx xx xxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxx xx xxxxxxxx xxx xxxxxxxx xx Xxxxxxxx xxxx, xxx xxxx xxxx xxxxxxxxx xx xxxxxxxx xxxxx xxxxxx xxxx. Xxx xxxxxxxxx xxxxxxx xxx xxx xxxxxxxxxx xx xxxxxxxx xxxx xxxxxxx,xxxxxxxxx xxxxxx x xxxxxx, xxxxxxxx xxx xxxxxxxxxxx xxx xxxxx xxxx. Xxxx xxx xxxxxx xx xxx xxxxxxx xxxx, xxxxxxxx xxxx xxxx xxx xxxxxxxxx xx xxxxx xxxxxxxxx, xxx xxx xxxxx xxx xxxxxxxxxxx xx xxxxxx xxxxxx \inleft{zz}. Xxxxxxxx xxxx xxxxx xx xxxx xxxxxxxx (xxxxx, xxxxxxx, xx xxx xxxxxx). \stopparagraph \stopsection \startsection[title=Another section] \startparagraph This is here to show the bottom of the previous section. \stopparagraph \stopsection \stoptext Note that the pdf output does not display the problem, but the pdf output is not why one runs an export. The breaks disappear in shorter paragraphs, and disappear when the margintext is not present, but appear when margintext is present and the paragraph exceeds some length which I have not worked to determine. Is my understanding of the space rules incorrect, or is this a bug? Since some breaks perhaps should be present, it is difficult to remove these with CSS, or XSLT. One thing that might help is to add a class identifier to breaks indicating what lead to their creation. Of course, not generating these would be better still. -- Rik