ishamid wrote:

Dear posse,

I am having trouble with footnotes. For an article, I want some footnotes to be symbolized by \ast, \dag, etc, but without affecting the numbering of regular footnotes. For example, the title of article may have a footnote symbolized by \ast, but the first footnote in the main text should still be symbolized by `1' (then `2', etc). I tried localfootnotes but I could not get them placed in the footer at the bottom of the page. [location=page] did not help.

\starttext \unexpanded\def\myfootnote{\setupfootnotes[conversion=set 2]\footnote} \chapter{test\myfootnote{test}} test \footnote{test} test \stoptext since you're the footnote guy, collect such things on a todo list; later i may consider adding support for cloned notes with different settings, something: \definenote[myfootnote][footnote] \setupnote[myfootnote][conversion=set 2] trivial to implement but i'm in a hurry now

Related question: can't I just specify a footnote outside the counting mechanism with any symbol I want at any point in the text, without disturbing the regular counted footnotes?

I'm also confused by the conversion key. page 93 of the documentation reads:

"With the variable conversion you set up the type of numbering. You may even use your own character, for example an emdash (keyed in as ---­)."

But if I do, e.g., conversion={---}, TeX complains of course. What am I missing?

Related questions:

Where are the conversion keys set 2, set 3, etc. documented?

core-con.tex it's a generic mechanism to map number on symbols or anything you want (see metafun manual for example of mapping onto graphics)

How can I reset the numbering if I make local changes? For example, I am using regular default footnotes, then I switch to conversion=set 2, then I want to reset to the default footnotes without losing my numbering. I thought that [n=0] etc. might help but that key seems to affect the paragraph formatting of the footnotes, not the numbering. I tried using \start-\stop but that does not isolate the counting mechanism apparently.

numbering is global (makes sense sinc you use footnotes local)

Fighting TeX is really frustrating sometimes, and I'm sure the answers are really simple...

\let\incrementnumber\verhoognummer \let\decrementnumber\verlaagnummer \resetnumber[footnote] \decrementnumber[footnote] \incrementnumber[footnote] remind me to internationalize those commands -) \unexpanded\def\myfootnote#1% {\setupfootnotes[conversion=set 2]\footnote{#1}\decrementnumber[footnote]} \chapter{test\myfootnote{test}} test \footnote{test} test Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------