Dear Denis

Thanks for the link. I find that \looseness doesn't have any effect (though it doesn't generate an error), but Wolfgang has indicated another way of achieving the same thing (which is wordy but can be converted into a short macro name).

Best wishes

John Waś 🇪🇺 Слава Україні! 🇺🇦

On Tue, 24 Jun 2025 at 16:41, Denis Maier <denismaier@mailbox.org> wrote:

Don't know if that's still the case, but see here: https://mailman.ntg.nl/archives/list/ntg-context@ntg.nl/message/6MRZEFJD5SGIQXJQQOENETERY5FKMG6S/

John Was <johnoxuk@gmail.com> hat am 24.06.2025 17:00 CEST geschrieben:

Hello. Is there a ConTeXt equivalent for plain TeX's \loosness (which allows the program to lengthening a paragraph, or shorten it if the number is negative). At the final stages of a book this is often useful for getting rid of unsightly gaps.

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John 🇪🇺 Слава Україні! 🇺🇦

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