On Wed, 16 Aug 2006, Jeff Smith wrote: Mojka answered your other questions.
New question:
All the examples that I find of \setupparagraphs in the manuals are cases of different paragraphs layed out in columns. Is it still this command I have to use in order to style in advance single-column custom paragraphs that I can apply anywhere according to my needs? This would seem much better than styling individual paragraphs all throughout. The thing is, in the document I am typesetting with ConTeXt (an etymological dictionary), the main organizing unit is the paragraph, not the chapter, section, and such.
If I understand you correctly, you can get this by a custom environment. For example \def\startMYLAYOUT% {\begingroup whatever settings you want} \def\stopMYLAYOUT{\endgroup\endgraf} and then you can use \startMYLAYOUT .... \stopMYLAYOUT in your text. Aditya