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6.5. Chapter headings____ top of the typeblock\beforechapskip + \baselineskip + \topskipChapter ❄ 3❄\midchapskip + \baselineskipThe title\afterchapskip + \baselineskipThis ❄ is the start of the after-heading text which continues on . . .second line of text following the heading . . .Figure 6.1: Class layout parameters for chapter titles. Working with \beforechapskipneed a little thought, see the text.The general layout is shown in Figure 6.1.\clearforchapterThe actual macro that sets the opening page for a chapter is \clearforchapter.The class options openright, openleft and openany (or their macro equivalents\openright, \openleft and \openany) define \clearforchapter to be respectively(see §18.13) \cleartorecto, \cleartoverso and \clearpage. You can obviouslychange \clearforchapter to do more than just start a new page.\memendofchapterhookWhere \clearforchapter comes at the very beginning, \memendofchapterhook comesat the very end of the \chapter command. It does nothing by default, but could be redefinedto insert, say, \clearpage:\makeatletter\renewcommand\memendofchapterhook{%\clearpage\m@mindentafterchapter\@afterheading}\makeatotherSome books have the chapter headings on a verso page, with perhaps an illustration orepigraph, and then the text starts on the opposite recto page. The effect can be achievedlike:83