columns in footnotes broken

2 Nov 2008

      The manual describes a way to set footnotes in columns:  
\setupfootnotes[n=number] (Context: the manual (Nov. 12, 2001), pp.  
101-2)

That has caused errors for me in the 2008-10-23 or 2008-10-31 releases.

mjg

TEST DOCUMENT:

\setupfootnotes[n=2]

\starttext

First sentence here.\footnote{Note one.} Second sentence here. 
\footnote{Note two.} Third sentence here.\footnote{Note three.}

\stoptext

ERROR MESSAGE

ConTeXt  ver: 2008.10.31 13:58 MKIV  fmt: 2008.11.1  int: english/ 
english

[snip]

fonts          : using map file: original-public-lm
{/Users/michaelgreen/Applications/context/tex/texmf-context/fonts/map/ 
pdftex/context/original-public-lm.map}
! Missing } inserted.
<inserted text>
                 }
<to be read again>
                    \unvbox
\doplacenoteinserts ...ing \unvcopy \else \unvbox
                                                   \fi  
\currentnoteins \fi \s...
\next3 ...oprocessnotes {\doplacenoteinserts }{#1}
                                                   \doprocesscommaitem
<argument> \relax footnote,
                            endnote,linenote
\doprocesscommalist ...aitem \gobbleoneargument #1
                                                   ,]\relax \global  
\advance ...
...
l.7 \stoptext

?

Michael Green

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