On 18 Aug 2014, at 10:43 , Wolfgang Schuster wrote: wrote:

Am 18.08.2014 um 09:29 schrieb Robert Blackstone :

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On 17 aug. 2014, at 20:06, wrot

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On 2014-08-15, 19:56, Robert Blackstone wrote:

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A few days ago I posted this question. There were no reactions, but it is not an urgent matter for me anymore since I found an effective work-around. (Although I still wonder whether or not this possibility exists in mkiv,)

I have not seen the issue you have described myself. The attached example works for me. You have to prepare a minimal working example that shows the problem. Maybe then somebody can identify the reason for your issue.

But I have realized now, a bit late, that for real control over these distances one also needs to setup the section-head in a similar manner, additionally specifying the distance "before". The presence or absence of Frontmatter does not influence results. I think there must have been a setup command somewhere in my setups that I had forgotten about.

You?re forgetting that \section insert also a space before the text is placed. In a case where two commands insert a space at the same position like here the larger value is used which comes in the second chapter from the \section command.

Wolfgang

Thank you, Wolfgang. I was not forgetting what you describe. Worse, I had not taken any notice, just accepting the default distances as they appeared, which generally seemed OK. I hope to be a bit ConTeXt-wiser now. Kind regards, Robert Blackstone