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1. columns and marginal notes conflict:

For some of the issues, it would be perhaps a good idea to make proper bug-reports (with minimal example of course).

In some other venue?

P.S.: Please consider fixing or changing your email client: it breaks the threads.

Gmail. This is broken?

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2. leftward protrusion fails \definefontfeature[...][default][...,protrusion=quality,expansion=quality] \setupalign[hanging,hz] \showgrid % or \showframe There is no leftward protrusion at all. Everything on the left edge is flush with the margin, even 'T' and 'J'. Similarly:

Don't know what you mean, works here.

\definefontfeature[default][default][protrusion=quality]

\usetypescript[modern] \setupbodyfont[modern]

The only difference I see is that I'm trying to use a different font than modern: \usetypescriptfile[type-garamond] \starttypescript [MTbook] \definetypeface[MTbook][rm][serif][garamondMD][optical] ... \stoptypescript \usetypescript[MTbook] \setupalign[hanging,hz] \setupbodyfont[MTbook,12pt] So, leftward protrusion only works with Latin Modern?

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3. protrusion fails in footnotes: Even on the right edge. Hz isn't happening in them either.

You have to enable it separate for notes.

\setupnote[footnote][align={normal,hanging}]

I got rightward protrusion with that, but it looks like no hz. Why are the key-values different? I also tried {quality,quality} and got nothing.

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5. footnotes break between pages How do I stop this?

No example, no help!

Imagine: The footnote will begin on page one, break halfway through, and continue on the following page. I want to prevent footnotes from breaking in this way. If you really need to see 1.5 pages of concrete "lorem ipsum" posted to understand the problem, I can provide it.

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9. \raisebox? What is the proper way to raise or lower a bit of text? I just spent ...

\raisebox{1ex}{?}

When I try: \raisebox{1ex}{--} Context stops on the error: "A <box> was supposed to be here \raisebox{1ex}{ --}"

What should ConTeXt do when your font doesn't provide the allcaps feature.

Some of the punctuation (e.g., hyphens, en- and em-dashes) should be raised slightly and perhaps given a little extra spacing. The feature is in my serif font, but not in my sans, hence my effort to correct this.

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10. problematic characters in grid typesetting. Unless I set grid=verytolerant, my 'Q' knocks the next line down a notch. Is there a better way to deal with this?

You can change the height/depth ratio of a line. \setupinterlinespace[height=0.6,depth=0.4]

I must remember to put that convenient command before every majescule Q. By the way---I am thrilled to hear of and very eager to see Idris's book!

But maybe a select audience of test-able volunteers will be the way to go...

I volunteer to be testable.

Yep. But when you actually run into one of these problems in LaTeX, you are often more or less left alone - unlike ConTeXt and this list.

I'm pursuing it with the hope of more beautiful results, but I'm not getting my problems solved here so far.