Re: [NTG-context] problem with counters (page)

10 Jun 2020

      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  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  wrote:
Hi,
Incrementing the counter outside of the TEXpage should work.
Best wishes,
Taco
...
On 9 Jun 2020, at 23:34, Alan Bowen  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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