I have found the problem, but am still seeking a little help:

I had created a setup to raise the page number in the footer. Calling this setup resulted in the frontpart pages reverting to arabic instead of roman:

\startsetups pnfooter

\setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided,location=]

\setupfooter

  [style=normal]

  \setupfootertexts

  [{\framed[width=max,frame=off,boffset=2mm]{\pagenumber}}]

\stopsetups

How can I continue to use the setup but still get my roman numerals in the frontpart?

Julian

On 26/6/24 10:52, jbf wrote:

Something that has worked for me in the past is not working for me at the moment, and I cannot figure out why:
\startsectionblockenvironment [frontpart]
\setupuserpagenumber [numberconversion=romannumerals]
\setcounter [userpage] [5]
\stopsectionblockenvironment
\startsectionblockenvironment [bodypart]
\setcounter [userpage] [1]
\stopsectionblockenvironment
gives me roman numerals in the TOC but not on the frontmatter pages, which are arabic. Bodymatter is okay. What could I possibly be doing wrong?

Even with a different setup I get the same result:
\definestructureconversionset [frontpart:pagenumber] [] [romannumerals]
\setupheads[title][sectionconversionset=section]
\startsectionblockenvironment[frontpart]
\setupuserpagenumber[numberconversion=romannumerals]
\setuppagenumber[number=1] 
\stopsectionblockenvironment
Puzzling (for me at least).

Julian