I found a way to wrap everything before \startdocument, so I think this looks like a template more or less: In case anyone is interested, here's the MWE: \definenote[address] \setupnote[address][rule=off,location=text] \setupnotation[footnote][numberconversion=numerals] \definenote[putjustmark] \setupnote[putjustmark][location=none] \setupnotation[putjustmark][numberconversion=set 2] \definenote[putjustnote][footnote] \setupnote[putjustnote][textcommand=\gobbleoneargument] \setupnotation[putjustnote][numberconversion=set 2] \newif\ifnoteintitle \newtoks\titlefootnotes \titlefootnotes\emptytoks \def\thanks#1{\noteintitletrue\putjustmark{#1}\doglobal\appendtoks \putjustnote{#1} \to \titlefootnotes} \def\email#1{\noteintitletrue\putjustmark{#1}\doglobal\appendtoks \putjustnote{#1} \to \titlefootnotes} \def\unskipfunnylines{\ifnoteintitle\endgraf\kern-2\lineheight\fi} \definenamespace [addr] [type=module, name=address, command=yes, setup=list, parent=addr, ] \define[1]\useaddress {\setnotetext[address][#1]{\namedaddressparameter{#1}{name}}} \setupaddress[style=italic] \defineaddress[fst][name={Name of Institute or Affiliation, City, Country}] \defineaddress[snd][name={Name of Secondary Institute or Affiliation, City, Country}] \defineaddress[thd][name={Name of Third Institute or Affiliation, City, Country}] \processcommacommand[fst,snd,thd]\useaddress \startsetups [document:start] The Title\dorecurse{10}{\expanded{\thanks{Work supported by fund \recurselevel.}}} \endgraf Me\dorecurse{10}{\expanded{\email{\tt my.name@mailbox.\recurselevel.com }}\high{,}}\note[address][fst]\high{,}\note[address][snd]\high{,}\note[address][thd] \endgraf \placenotes[address] \blank[medium] \startcolumns\hyphenpenalty1000 \the\titlefootnotes\relax \setcounter[footnote][0] \unskipfunnylines \stopsetups \startsetups [document:stop] \stopcolumns \stopsetups \startdocument test\footnote{test} \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \stopdocument On Wed, May 18, 2022 at 10:02 PM Ross wrote:

After some visualisations, I found that my token \titlefootnotes will ALWAYS generate two lines if there is/are any non-zero number of footnotes there. Interesting. So I need a \newif that each time a \thanks or \email is invoked, it'll set to true and I'll unskip the 2\lineheight afterwards.

I still don't know why this \kern macro won't have any effect if it's inside a token or a \startsetup.

On Wed, May 18, 2022 at 4:56 PM Ross wrote:

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Hi Massi,

You are a champion!

On Wed, May 18, 2022 at 4:41 PM mf wrote:

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I hope I got the point now:

... \startcolumns

\the\titlefootnotes

\kern-\rawcountervalue[address]\lineheight % dirty trick

test\footnote{test}

\input knuth

\stopcolumns ...

Massi

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Dear Massi,

Thanks for your solution. But the thing may be related to the \appendtoks macro. It doesn't work to put just \setnotetext there. \note works fine, so that's the reason I need the "full functional macro".

Maybe I didn't get the point, so if it's not too much to ask, could you do it on my MWE?

PS: sorry I have to use another email account because my institute mailbox took forever to get the message before my government (China) finishes auditing it.

Best wishes, Zhichu

On Wed, May 18, 2022 at 3:36 PM mf via ntg-context mailto:ntg-context@ntg.nl> wrote:

Is this what you mean?

\starttext Hello\footnotetext{Footnote without mark}. \stoptext

Kind regards, Massi

Il 18/05/22 07:55, Zhichu Chen via ntg-context ha scritto: > Hi everybody, > > > After some attempts to put footnotes in a mixed 1&2 columns layout, I > decide to put marks in the one-column environment and flush them when > entering the two-column environment. > > > The code is ugly but the result is acceptable. Except that the invisible > footnote marks do generate something in the main text, so

Il 18/05/22 10:07, Ross ha scritto: there's a

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> blank line for each footnote. > > > Here's an MWE: > > > ============================================= > > \definenote[address] > \setupnote[address][rule=off,location=text] > > > > \definenote[putjustmark] > \setupnote[putjustmark][location=none] > \setupnotation[putjustmark][numberconversion=set 2] > > > \definenote[putjustnote]%[footnote] % if footnotes need to be grouped, > uncomment the second argument and the line after

\the\titlefootnotes

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> \setupnote[putjustnote][textcommand=\gobbleoneargument] > \setupnotation[putjustnote][numberconversion=set 2] > > > \newtoks\titlefootnotes > > > \def\thanks#1{\putjustmark{#1}\appendtoks \putjustnote{#1} \to > \titlefootnotes} > \def\email#1{\putjustmark{#1}\appendtoks \putjustnote{#1} \to > \titlefootnotes} > > > \appendtoks > \setcounter[footnote][0] % this looks stupid because it has

no

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effect > %\setupnotation[footnote][numberconversion=numerals] > \to \titlefootnotes > > \definenamespace > [addr] > [type=module, > name=address, > command=yes, > setup=list, > parent=addr, > ] > > \define[1]\useaddress >

{\setnotetext[address][#1]{\namedaddressparameter{#1}{name}}}

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> > > \starttext > > > > \defineaddress[fst][name={Name of Institute or Affiliation,

City,

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Country}] > \defineaddress[snd][name={Name of Secondary Institute or Affiliation, > City, Country}] > > \processcommacommand[fst,snd]\useaddress > > > The Title\thanks{Work supported by somebody.} > > Me\email{myemail@some.where

}\high{,}\note[address][fst]\high{,}\note[address][snd]

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> > > > \placenotes[address] > > \blank[medium] > > \startcolumns > > > \the\titlefootnotes > > %\setcounter[footnote][0] % why it's necessary to set the

counter

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> outside the token if I define [putjustnote] as [footnote]? > > > test\footnote{test} > > \input knuth > > > > \stopcolumns > > \stoptext > > ============================================= > >

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