On nomarking functionality in MKIV: I manage short/long figure captions using a selector: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ \defineselector [caption] [max=2,n=2] % alternate {short}{long} captions ... \placefigure [here] [fig:reference] {\select{caption} {short} {long} } {figure} ... \chapter{Liste des figures} \start \setupselector [caption] [n=1] \placelistoffigures [criterium=all] \stop ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Similarly to \startchapter [title=long,list=short] could we have: \placefigure [here] [fig:reference] [caption={long},list={short}] {figure} Could this coexist with the current syntax: \placefigure [here] [fig:reference] {caption} {figure} Alan By the way, \select{caption} does not follow the general syntax rule whereas metadata is contained between [] and text to be typeset between {} One should thus rather have \select [caption] {short} {long} or even \selectcaption {short} {long} to be coherent.