> Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد <mailto:Idris.Hamid@colostate.edu>
> 23. Juni 2018 um 14:17
> On Fri, 22 Jun 2018 14:13:22 -0600, Wolfgang Schuster 
> <schuster.wolfgang@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 2. a complete list of those typographical settings (bidi, whitespace, 
>> etc,) which are have to explicitly setup for such environments?
>
>> Whitespace etc. are unrelated to the problem above and can be changed 
>> with the normal setup-commands.
>
> Counterexample to whitespace attached and below:
>
> \setupwhitespace[big]
>
> \starttext
> \input ward \par \input ward
> \startfootnote
> \input ward \par \input ward
> \stopfootnote{}
> \stoptext
>
> Whitespace is applied in the main text but not in the footnotes. How 
> is this case different from global declaration of bidi etc.? It seems 
> these elements really do live in their own world now..

This would lead to other side effects shown in the following example.

When you use the global whitespace settings in footnotes you get the 
same space between each footnote entry. What can be done is to add a 
whitespace key to setupnote which is easier than using setups-environment.

\definedescription[Spaced][before=,after=]

\starttext

\startSpaced
First entry.
\stopSpaced

\startSpaced
Second entry.
\stopSpaced

\blank[2*line]

\setupwhitespace[big]

\startSpaced
Third entry.
\stopSpaced

\startSpaced
Fourth entry.
\stopSpaced

\stoptext

Wolfgang