ConTeXt integrated the penalty setups in the layout mechanism, you can create your own settings but you should apply them with \setuplayout.

To create your own setting use the following method. Use the setups environment where the values are set, the default parameters can be loaded with \directsetup{*reset}.

\startsetups[mypenalties] \directsetup{*reset} \widowpenalty\plustenthousand \stopsetups

In the next step you load this setup with the \setuplayout command:

\setuplayout[setups=mypenalties]

When you don want to create you own setting you can choose between two predefined ones (the * is part of the name):

- *default (which uses different values in grid mode) - *strict

Wolfgang

Thank you very much. I already use this own setting for clubs and widows, but was not aware that all penaltys must be set in this. Works fine, thanks! Huseyin