Get rid of spacing before chapter number

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I have looked over this question: Package titlesec adds extra space on top of \chapter, despite commands to the contrary

And mine is in a certain sense a duplicate. However, I am wondering if there is any way to do this in a more simpler way? I go completely blank at this code in the solution.

\makeatletter
\def\ttl@mkchap@i#1#2#3#4#5#6#7{%
  \ttl@assign\@tempskipa#3\relax\beforetitleunit
  %\vspace*{\@tempskipa}% NEW
  \global\@afterindenttrue
  \ifcase#5 \global\@afterindentfalse\fi
  \ttl@assign\@tempskipb#4\relax\aftertitleunit
  \ttl@topmode{\@tempskipb}{%
    \ttl@select{#6}{#1}{#2}{#7}}%
  \ttl@finmarks  % Outside the box!
  \@ifundefined{ttlp@#6}{}{\ttlp@write{#6}}}
\makeatother

I usually use packages to construct commands and so on, but this part of the code I don't get at all. Sorry, all I really need is an alternative as I usually prefer to understand what my code does.

My chapter heading style is the following: And the code is:

\documentclass[11pt]{book}

\usepackage{titlesec, lipsum, xcolor}

\titleformat{\chapter}[display] % shape
    {\bfseries \Huge}
    {\hfill \textcolor{gray!50}{\thechapter}} % Label
    {0pt} % Separation after chapter name.
    {\vspace{70pt}} % Between Chapter no. and name
    [\vspace{-1em}\rule{\textwidth}{0.3pt}\\]

\titlespacing*{\chapter}{0pt}{0pt}{0pt} 

\begin{document}

\chapter{Hi}
\lipsum[1-8]

\end{document}

Basically, I want to eliminate all the space before and after if that's possible, preferable through simpler code than the one provided in solution.

I don't get what things like \def, \ttl, \global, \ifcase, \relax, \fi, \beforetitleunit, \makeatletter, \makeatother, or anything with @ in it stands for.

If there isn't a "simpler" solution, that's fine I guess... I can use things like tikz and other stuff pretty well if that helps. Or if there's a shape other than default that'll give me the same sort of result that would be great to.

Do you mean the spacing between chapter number and chapter title, or between top margin and chapter number? — Bernard, Jan 10 '17 at 19:14
@Bernard The spacing before he chapter number and top margin, as well as below the chapter name. Thanks for correcting. Fixed the title. :) — Osama Kawish, Jan 10 '17 at 19:17

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 10 '17 at 19:34

Here you are, as simple as I could. It seems you misunderstood some parameters. Note that for the horizontal justification, I used the dedicated tools provided by titlesec (\filleft, \filright, \filcenter); simalarly for rules (\titlerule). Also, your `vspace{70pt} in your 4th mandatory rgument should simply be 70pt in the 3rd argument.

\documentclass[11pt]{book}
\usepackage[showframe]{geometry}%
 \usepackage{titlesec, lipsum, xcolor}

\titleformat{\chapter}[display] % shape
    {\bfseries \Huge}
    {\filleft \textcolor{gray!50}{\thechapter}} % Label
    {70pt} % Separation after chapter label.
    {} % Before chapter title
    [\titlerule]
\titlespacing*{\chapter}{0pt}{-5ex}{1ex}

\begin{document}

\chapter{Hi}
\lipsum[1-8]

\end{document}

Get rid of spacing before chapter number

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