RE: footnote numbering

[Idris Samawi Hamid <ishamid@lamar.colostate.edu>]

>can someone tell me, how to set the counter of footnotes (e.g., one back,
>or to zero)?

Play with this:

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% output=pdf interface=en

\starttext

  Test.\footnote{Test}

  Test.\footnote{Test}

  \resetnumber[footnote]

  Test.\footnote{Test}

  Test.\footnote{Test}

  \incrementnumber[footnote]

  Test.\footnote{Test}

  Test.\footnote{Test}

  \decrementnumber[footnote]
  \decrementnumber[footnote]
  \decrementnumber[footnote]

  Test.\footnote{Test}

  Test.\footnote{Test}

\stoptext
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Hans, can one add an option like 
\decrementnumber[2][footnote]
to subract 2 instead of declaring the command three times?

Best
Idris

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Professor Idris Samawi Hamid
Department of Philosophy
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523