Dear list, in order to avoid the issue with many references in critical editions and linenotes, I have a command that makes this automatic (thanks to Wolfgang’s help). But the issue is that it breaks the “external” linenote when a linenote is nested in it. Here you have a sample: \setuppapersize[A8] \newcounter\MyCounter \def\CritApp#1#2{\increment\MyCounter% \startlinenote[Varia:\MyCounter]{#1] #2}#1% \prewordbreak\stoplinenote[Varia:\MyCounter]} \starttext \startlinenumbering \startlinenote[one]{hyphenated}this is a test on \startlinenote[two]{with nested linenote}hyphenation\prewordbreak\stoplinenote[two]\stoplinenote[one] \CritApp{this is a test on \CritApp{hyphenation}{nested linenote: bad line number}}{not hyphenated} \stoplinenumbering \showhyphens{legibility} \stoptext All the problem comes from the need to add the body text (the first argument of the \CritApp command) in the linenote text itself. Is there a way to make the main linenote in the sample work? Many thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk