Hi Alan,
Sorry, I should have actually tried your MWE. You do *not* want
way=bypage here, as that resets the counter to one at the start
of the next page (it is useful for footnotes that are numbered
per-page, but not for actual page counters).
\definecounter[volpage][type=page]
\starttext
\setcounter[volpage][5]
\dorecurse{3}{\startTEXpage[offset=2pc]
\input ward
\blank[medium]
\centerline{\red\tfa\rawcounter[volpage]\incrementcounter[volpage]}
\stopTEXpage}
\stoptext
> On 10 Jun 2020, at 15:05, Alan Bowen <bowenalan03@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi, Taco—
>
> Thanks for the suggestion. I have tried it with \incrementcounter before and after the TEXpage. Sadly, neither worked.
>
> This mwe is an attempt to capture the failure of the following in processing a product with numerous components:
>
> \definecounter[volpage][type=page, way=bypage]
> \setupfootertexts[text]
> []
> [{\centerline{\raise\NumberRaise\hbox{\rawcounter[volpage]}}
> \incrementcounter[volpage]}]
> [{\centerline{\raise\NumberRaise\hbox{\rawcounter[volpage]}}
> \incrementcounter[volpage]}]
> []
>
> If your suggestion had worked, I would have had difficulty in applying it.
>
> Alan
>
> On Wed, Jun 10, 2020 at 3:14 AM Taco Hoekwater <taco@elvenkind.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Incrementing the counter outside of the TEXpage should work.
>
> Best wishes,
> Taco
>
> > On 9 Jun 2020, at 23:34, Alan Bowen <bowenalan03@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > My efforts to set up a new page counter in the footertexts of a book are not proving successful. The following code shows the nature of the problem.
> >
> > \definecounter[volpage][type=page, way=bypage]
> > \starttext
> > \setcounter[volpage][5]
> > \dorecurse{3}{\startTEXpage[offset=2pc]
> > \input ward
> > \blank[medium]
> > \centerline{\red\tfa\rawcounter[volpage]\incrementcounter[volpage]}
> > \stopTEXpage}
> > \stoptext
> >
> > As you will see, the counter is not incremented on pages 2 and 3.
> >
> > I expect that I have missed something important. But what?
> >
> > Alan
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