Try taking the \startpublication ... \stoppublication before \starttext.
Seems to work for me that way.

On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 7:18 PM, Mojca Miklavec <
mojca.miklavec.lists@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello (Taco or anyone else),
>
> I have an impression that it used to be possible to say
> \cite[author][reference], but I'm obviously doing something wrong
> here, I only get Xxxxxxx or in case of [data] I don't get anything at
> all (I'm using mkii). Here's an almost-minimal example:
>
> \usemodule
>        [bib]
> \setuppublications
>        [alternative=num,
>         criterium=all,
>         sorttype=cite]
> \setuppublicationlist
>        [artauthor=\normalshortauthor,
>         author=\normalshortauthor]
>
> \starttext
>
> first: \cite[Knoll]
>
> second: \cite[author][Knoll], \cite[alternative=author][Knoll]
>
> third: \cite[data][Knoll]
>
> \startpublication[k=Knoll,t=book,a=Knoll]
>        \title{Radiation Detection and Measurement}
>        \author[]{Glenn Frederick}[G.~F.]{}{Knoll}
>        \pubname{Wiley, John \& Sons, Incorporated}
>        \pubyear{1979}
> \stoppublication
>
> \placepublications
>
> \stoptext
>
> Thanks in advance for any hints,
>    Mojca
>
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