I'm a bit confused about how to specify vertical whitespace. The following document works:
\setupwhitespace[line]
\setuphead[subsection] [after={\blank[2*line]}]
\starttext
\subsection{Title}
\input tufte
\input tufte
\stoptext
But why can't I use \setupwhitespace[2*line]
, and neither \blank[0.5*line]
? Both result in an error. Meanwhile, \setupwhitespace[5cm]
doesn't seem to have an effect.
What I'm actually trying to achieve is having the vertical spacing between paragraphs (and subsections) 0.5*line
, or if that's not possible some specific centimeters.
Best Answer
A clean way, which doesn't require low level TeX is to use the measure mechanism. A dimension is defined using
\definemeasure
, the value can be retrieved with\measure
.