Am 05.08.2012 um 09:39 schrieb Wolfgang Schuster :

\setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided]

% You can use this instead of \setuppagenumbering[numberconversion=romannumerals] % to set the conversion of the pagenumber outside of the sectionblock environment, % the first argument takes the name of the conversion which is applied to the % userpage counter with \setupcounter[userpage][numberconversionset=pagenumber]. % % You can set a conversion for a certain sectionblock when you write the name % of the block before the name of the conversion set separated by a “:”. % %\defineconversionset[frontpart:pagenumber][][romannumerals]

\startsectionblockenvironment[frontpart]

\setuppagenumbering[numberconversion=romannumerals]

This has to be (wrong command for the conversion and missing style for the numbers): \setuppagenumbering [style=italic] \setupuserpagenumber[numberconversion=romannumerals] % you can also use \setuppagenumber which is a synonym for \setupuserpagenumber Wolfgang

Am 07.08.2012 um 16:22 schrieb john Culleton :

On Sun, 5 Aug 2012 09:39:24 +0200 Wolfgang Schuster wrote:

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Am 05.08.2012 um 02:37 schrieb john Culleton :

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IMO the following code should result in an italic iii on the contents page. Instead I get a roman 1. ------------------- \startfrontmatter \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided,conversion=romannumerals] \setuppagenumber[number=iii] \setuppagenumber[state=start] \completecontent ------------------------------ I have tried variations such as a single \setupagenumber with two parameters, using \page[iii] instead and so on.

This ought to be a smple task: start page numbering on the contents page with iii. But I haven't mastered it yet.

\setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided]

% You can use this instead of \setuppagenumbering[numberconversion=romannumerals] % to set the conversion of the pagenumber outside of the sectionblock environment, % the first argument takes the name of the conversion which is applied to the % userpage counter with \setupcounter[userpage][numberconversionset=pagenumber]. % % You can set a conversion for a certain sectionblock when you write the name % of the block before the name of the conversion set separated by a ___:___. % %\defineconversionset[frontpart:pagenumber][][romannumerals]

\startsectionblockenvironment[frontpart]

\setuppagenumbering[numberconversion=romannumerals]

\setcounter[userpage][3]

\stopsectionblockenvironment

\startsectionblockenvironment[bodypart]

\setcounter[userpage][1]

\stopsectionblockenvironment

\starttext

\startfrontmatter

\completecontent

\stopfrontmatter

\startbodymatter

\dorecurse{100} {\chapter{Chapter #1} \dorecurse{5} {\section{Section #1.##1}}}

\stoptext

BTW: Send next time a complete minimal example.

Wolfgang

Thanks very much. Playing with your code I discovered that if I use: ------------------------------------------------------------ \defineconversionset[frontpart:pagenumber][][romannumerals] ------------------------------------------------------------- in your example then the following statement is not needed --------------------------------------------------------- \setuppagenumbering[numberconversion=romannumerals] ----------------------------------------------------

but not vice versa. So the last statement quoted is defective in some way or so it seems to me. In any case I now have code that works.

See my other mail for the correct usage of numberconversion.

Is the command \defineconversionset documented anywhere or do I have to dig into the macro code?

You can find a explanation of the command in the mail archive but you have to look for old name \definestructureconverionset. Wolfgang