Re: Footnotes (was: Endnotes)

[Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>]

At 11:52 AM 5/26/2000 +0200, Hraban wrote:
>Hans Hagen wrote:
>> \setupfootnotes[way=bychapter,location=text]
>
>Is there a possibility to number footnotes "way=bypage"
>or, better, not to number them, but to use asterisks and daggers etc.?

There is, that is, if you believe in miracles. Key in: 

\setupfootnotes[way=bypage]

\starttext

test \footnote{test} test \page
test \footnote{test} test \page
test \footnote{test} test \page

\stoptext

run texexec with your eyes closed, count to 89 and view the file. 

>(There are not so much footnotes in "my" book, and the redactors don't
>want numbers...)

There is a rather advanced system of conversion available. In the english
beta chapter on layout one can read: 

\setupfootnotes[conversion=set 3]

as a way to change the conversion. One can define his/her own conversion
sets (will be in another chapter). Set 3 is for example defined as: 

\defineconversion
  [set 3]
  [\mathematics{\star},
   \mathematics{\star\star},
   \mathematics{\star\star\star},
   \mathematics{\ddagger},
   \mathematics{\ddagger\ddagger},
   \mathematics{\ddagger\ddagger\ddagger},
   \mathematics{\P},
   \mathematics{\P\P},
   \mathematics{\P\P\P},
   \mathematics{\S},
   \mathematics{\S\S},
   \mathematics{\S\S\S},
   \mathematics{\ast},
   \mathematics{\ast\ast},
   \mathematics{\ast\ast\ast}]

See core-con.tex (conversion) for more examples. In a similar way you can
define your own sets, conversions, symbols and so on. [there are also
symbol sets]

>If it worked: Could I change this behaviour for each chapter? (Saying,
>there'd be one chapter with many footnotes)

Sure. 

Hans

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