Hi, Peter Münster wrote:

But \blank[big,big] is working right.

It seems, that we should replace all "2*big" by "big,big" in core-sec.tex

I regard this a bug in the definition of 2*big. I'm not sure how many old documents will break if it is fixed, though. The correct definition is: \defineblankmethod [2*big] {\addblankskip+{\bigskipamount}{\openlineheight}% \addblankskip+{\bigskipamount}{\openlineheight}} The current definition is: \defineblankmethod [2*big] {\addblankskip+{2\bigskipamount}{2\openlineheight}}% but that does not copy the stretch and shrink parts. TeX is a bit stupid come to skip assignments, after \skip0=5pt plus 10pt minus 10pt \skip1=2\skip0 \skip0 will be *exactly* 10pt, without any glue components. Cheers, Taco

� wrote:

Hello,

please consider the following example file:

\setupalign[line] \starttext \input knuth \blank[big] \input knuth \blank[2*big] % 2*big is much smaller than simple big ! \input knuth \placetable{bla}{\vbox to 18cm{bla}} \stoptext

But \blank[big,big] is working right.

It seems, that we should replace all "2*big" by "big,big" in core-sec.tex

no, this is a bug! (qualifies for stupid bug of the year) in core-spa you will find: % happens often, so we speed this up: \defineblankmethod [2*\v!line] {\addblankskip+{2\openlineheight}{2\openlineheight}} \defineblankmethod [2*\v!big] {\addblankskip+{2\bigskipamount }{2\openlineheight}} comment those two lines! multiplication makes the stretch/shrink disappear (this is a tex feature and i should have know better) you can test the current situation with: \def\addblankskip#1#2#3% {before:\the\blankskip\endgraf \global\advance\blankskip#1\ifgridsnapping#3\else#2\fi after:\the\blankskip\endgraf} test \blank[big] test \blank[big,big] test \blank[2*big] I'll patch it. Hans