> Alan Bowen <mailto:bowenalan03@gmail.com>
> 28. Februar 2016 um 20:27
> To prevent empty pages in a double-sided page environment, I have been 
> using
> \setuppagenumbering[page=].
>
> This does not work as it should, however, when there is no body text 
> but only a continuing footnote on the last page. Then, though there 
> are still no empty pages, the pagenumber on the last page is the same 
> as that on the preceding page.
>
> Consider
> \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided]
> \setuppagenumbering[page=]
>
> \starttext
> \dorecurse{3}{\input knuth}\footnote{\dorecurse{3}{\input knuth}}
> %\input knuth
> \stoptext
>
> with and without the line currently commented out.
You can add the following lines at the begin of your document.

\appendtoks
   \noheaderandfooterlines
\to \everystoptext

Wolfgang