I figured out. I tried many times with different commands. I think if I
cannot get the solution, I will switch to author-year method. Luckily, I
found the solution.

Previously, I am using \placepublications[[criterium=all], because that is a
compromise solution to list the publications in an individual chapter, which
is suggested by many people in the ntg-context. This time, I tried
\placepublications[criterium=cite]. Not surpringsly, an empty list appears
as before. Then I tried \placepublications[criterium=text], hmm, it works.
Only those cited in the text were listed and in a citing sequence.



On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 2:02 PM, seasoul <bioseasoul@gmail.com> wrote:

>
> I want to list the cited reference in the publication list, and numbered by
> the citing sequence. so I use
>
> \setuppublications[alternative=num,criterium=cite,sorttype=cite]
>
> But it seems the sequence is the one in the bbl file.
>
> So i add one line to generate a bbl file by the citing sequence.
>
> \setupbibtex[database={blabla},sort=cite]
>
> This time, there is even no bbl file generated.
>
> How do i get my publication list to what I want: numbered by the citing
> sequence in the text?
>
>
>