Footnotes originating from an RTL paragraph will be also typeset in RTL mode as the following example illustrates:

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\setupdelimitedtext[blockquote]

[leftmargin=1.5em,rightmargin=0em,]

\definedelimitedtext[rtlblockquote]

\setupdelimitedtext[rtlblockquote]

[leftmargin=0em,rightmargin=1.5em,before={\righttoleft}]

\starttext

\input knuth

\startblockquote

\input knuth\footnote{this starts on the left.}

\stopblockquote

\startrtlblockquote

\input knuth\footnote{this should start on the left, but it doesn't.}

\stoprtlblockquote

\input knuth

\stoptext

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According to the wiki, that’s the expected behaviour (https://wiki.contextgarden.net/RTL#Footnotes).

However, I’d prefer to keep the footnotes as LTR footnotes. Can I convince ConTeXt to typeset these footnotes in LTR mode?

Best,

Denis