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Dear list,

this \setuppagenumbering[conversion=romannumerals,left={--~},right={~--}] % taken from contextref.pdf does nothing in ConTeXt ver: 2011.09.12 22:49 MKIV, except adding the '–' left and right. The number is still Arabic.

However this \convertnumber{r}{4} works as expected.

Is this fixed in a later beta?

There is nothing to fix, the while numbering mechanism has changed in MkIV and you have to write now

I see. I got this example from the Context reference manual dated June 1st, 2011 on page 87. I thought it would be up to date and didn't see any hints for the mkii<->mkiv problem.

\setupuserpagenumber[numberconversion=romannumerals]

or better (because you can set different conversion for the frontpart, main part etc)

\definestructureconversionset[pagenumber][][romannumerals]

\setupuserpagenumber[numberconversionset=pagenumber]

Thank you, that is exactly what I was looking for (different numberconversions for front- and bodypart). My first guess was that the "frontpart" goes in the second set of brackets (the empty ones). But no, its in the first with frontpart:pagenumber. Very confusing sometimes :S Thank you for your help!