\setupheads [separator={{.}}] \setupcaptions[separator={{.}}]

this still gives problems with refering to a graphic but for that we need more hackery

Also, probably because it uses the same cross-referencing mechanism, this leaves the section numbers in tables of contents the other way around. So to match the setupheads, we need also: \setuplist[section,subsection,...][separator={{.}}] Unfortunately \setupreferencing[separator={{.}}] seems to just put an extra . before the figure number, but not reverse it, resulting in: '1.2- erugiF' Duncan