Thank you both for your replies!  I've updated the footnote page on the wiki
with Wolfgang's suggestion.

Dave

On 6/15/07, Wolfgang Schuster <schuster.wolfgang@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> 2007/6/15, Peter Rolf <indiego@gmx.net>:
> > Hi Dave,
> >
> > I don't know enough about it, to give you a clean solution. Just ignore
> > the rest, if someone gives a better (more general) solution.
> >
> > Peter
> >
> > Dave schrieb:
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I am trying to add footnotes to a table but need for them to be
> aligned
> > > on the left (flush) edge of the table.  I've tried everything I can
> > > think of but I'm stuck (with deadlines looming).  Below is a quick
> > > example....
> > >
> > > Many thanks,
> > > Dave
>
> Hi David,
>
> Peter gave you the first hint with the width-key in \framed and the \hbox.
> I can give a better solution for your problem but you have to write the
> commands in the right way to get it working, what I mean is you should
> put braces around \placelegend.
>
> \defineframed[noteframed]
> \setupframed
>   [noteframed]
>   [width=\hsize,
>    align=right,
>    %height=fit,
>    top=\hbox\bgroup,
>    bottom=\egroup]
>
> \starttext
>
> \startlocalfootnotes[n=0]
> \placetable
> {Caption}
> {\placelegend
> {\bTABLE[width=6cm]
>   \bTR\bTD A\footnote{a} \eTD\bTD B\footnote{b} \eTD\eTR
>   \eTABLE}
> {\noteframed{\placelocalfootnotes}}}
> \stoplocalfootnotes
>
> \stoptext
>
> Wolfgang
>
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