On Sat, 2 Nov 2019, context@vivaldi.net wrote:
Hello,
OK, thanks for reaction.
One more example - \text instead of ascii mode:
---- \starttext \type{%@$} A\footnote{\type{*\$% }} B\footnote{\type{*\$\% }} \stoptext ----
gives:
" *\$ *\$\% "
in the footnote.
IOW, I cannot simply print "%": "%" at the end yields "" whilst "\%" produces "\%".
Is there a simple way to prinst simple "%"? (There is probably a more clumsy way - type \letterpercent instead of % - but this is a minimal sample; in my real sample there are many "%"s to be shown as "%".)
Why not just use asciimode? To understand why \footnote{\type{...}}} doesn't work, you need to understand TeX's "digestive system". \type{...} (and asciimode) work by modifying the catcode tables. However, they are are used inside a footnote, the argument of \footnote is parsed according to the catcode table which is active when footnote is passed. Under the default catcode table, % is a comment, so when you type: \footnote{\type{*\$% }} the argument of \footnote is `\type{*\$}` So, if you want \footnote to "see" the %, you need to activate a catcode table where % is a letter. So, the simplest solution is to use \asciimode. Aditya