On 20-6-2011 4:01, Thomas Schmitz wrote:
> On Mon, 20 Jun 2011 15:39:21 +0200
> Wolfgang Schuster <schuster.wolfgang@googlemail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Am 20.06.2011 um 14:56 schrieb Thomas Schmitz:
>>
>>> How? I can only see the option of creating a whole new set of
>>> footnotes, which is not at all what I want:
>>
>> The following is the best i can do (to change the symbol each \MyNote
>> you need a counter for it):
>>
>> \define[1]\MyNote
>> {\bgroup
>> \savenumber [footnote]%
>> \resetnumber[footnote]%
>> \setupnote[footnote][numberconversion=set 2]%
>> \footnote{#1}%
>> \restorenumber[footnote]%
>> \egroup}
>>
>> \starttext
>>
>> This is just a test!\MyNote{With a footnote attached.}
>>
>> This is just a test!\footnote{With a footnote attached.}
>>
>> \stoptext
>>
>> Wolfgang
>>
> Thanks Wolfgang! This "starred" footnote is often used for
> acknowledgments etc. in articles, and it's always the first note, often
> appended to the title. So I come back to my first attempt: this does
> work, and unless one wants unusual symbols in the middle of ordinary
> footnotes, seems like the easiest solution:
>
> \setupfootnotes[rule=off]
>
> \starttext
>
> This is just a test!{\setupfootnotes[numberconversion=set
> 2]\footnote{With a footnote attached.}\resetnumber[footnote]}

As we already can disable a number it's no big deal to add the option 
for an alternative symbol:

\setupfootnotes[rule=off]

\definenote[starrednote][footnote][numberconversion=set 2]
\setupnote[footnote][symbol={$*$}]

\starttext

This is just a test!\footnote   {Just a footnote (a).}
This is just a test!\starrednote{Just a footnote (b).}
This is just a test!\footnote[-]{Just a footnote (-).}
This is just a test!\footnote[+]{Just a footnote (+).}
This is just a test!\footnote   {Just a footnote (c).}
This is just a test!\starrednote{Just a footnote (d).}
This is just a test!\footnote   {Just a footnote (e).}

\typefile{symbols-001.tex}

\stoptext

I'll put a beta on the ftp (as I needed to adapt some description 
related code and as usual I'll have made some typos so you depend on 
Wolfgang's checking. Wolfgang: we have a new key 'symbol' for 
enumerations and footnotes.)

On the agenda is a merged flush of notes so that you can have a new 
instance and flush in the same order (I remember experimenting with it 
but probably never finished it).

Hans

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