2012-11-08 Marco Patzer: I just realized when I presses “send”:
Why does the custom list alternative succeed in a header but fails in a layer? A predefined alternative works perfectly in a layer.
\setupfootertexts [\setups{footlist}]
\setupbackgrounds [page] [background=layer:chapter]
\setupbackgrounds [page] [background=layer:chapter, setups=setups:headlayer]
\setlayer [layer:chapter] {\placelist [chapter] [alternative=f, criterium=all]} %% works %% {\placelist [chapter] [alternative=highlight, criterium=all]} %% fails
\startsetups [setups:headlayer] \setlayer [layer:chapter] {\placelist [chapter] [alternative=highlight, criterium=all]} \stopsetups Well, we have dynamic content, so wrap it in a setup. Marco