On Tue, Mar 22, 2022 at 11:15 PM Wi= lli Egger via ntg-context <ntg-con= text@ntg.nl> wrote:

Hello Adam!

Many thanks for your solution. =E2=80=94 It works very well in your example= and also in an extended version with \startfrontmatter..\stopfrontmatter \= startbodymatter=E2=80=A6\stopbodymatter. =E2=80=94 Unfortunately It does no= t work to my wish in the actual setup of my book. =E2=80=94 I am using now = the solution presented by Sreeram.

Again thank you so much!
Kind regards

Willi

> On 22 Mar 2022, at 01:21, Adam Reviczky via ntg-context <ntg-context@ntg.nl> wr= ote:
>
> Hi,
>
> There is a good overview of accessible variables at: https://tex.stackexch= ange.com/questions/134474/context-part-chapter-section-and-subsection-names=
>
> Maybe you want something like this?
>
> \starttext
> \setuphead[chapter][number=3Dno]
> \startchapter[title=3D{My Chapter}]
> Hello world!
> \startMPcode
> label("\currentstructurelistnumber\ \currentstructuretitle",= origin);
> draw fullcircle scaled 3cm;
> \stopMPcode
> \stopchapter
> \stoptext
>
> Adam
>
> On Mon, Mar 21, 2022 at 11:46 PM jbf via ntg-context <ntg-context@ntg.nl> wrote= :
> Willi, offlist: Have to admit I didn't actually try your own comme= nt,
> but if it doesn't work, I'll be interested in the eventual ans= wer. I
> recently had to do something similar for the TOC, and Hraban pointed m= e
> to \currentlistentrynumber. There probably has to be a command along <= br> > those lines (which led me to your 2011 comment, sorry =F0=9F=98=81) fo= r non-list
> retrieval. \structurenumber? \currentstructurenumber? Something along =
> those lines? There seem to be a number of these but as yet undocumente= d
> as far as I can see.
>
> Julian
>
> On 22/3/22 10:19, Willi Egger via ntg-context wrote:
> > Hi Julian,
> >
> > :-) I am confronted with my own comments :-)
> >
> > However, this is precisely what I am using in my attempt to get t= his hidden number. But no it does not appear=E2=80=A6
> >
> > Thank you!
> > Willi
> >
> >> On 21 Mar 2022, at 22:33, jbf via ntg-context <ntg-context@ntg.nl> wro= te:
> >>
> >> Willi,
> >>
> >> I see a comment by yourself back in 2011 at https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Last_Head_Number
> >>
> >> I wonder if this helps?
> >>
> >> Julian
> >>
> >> On 22/3/22 07:47, Willi Egger via ntg-context wrote:
> >>> Hello everybody!
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> I would like to typeset the chapter title without number = in the text. =E2=80=94 However I still would need to retrieve the number fo= r a calculation in a MetaFun graphic. I assume, that even though this numbe= r is not typeset, it is kept in the background. How to retrieve it?
> >>>
> >>> Kind regards
> >>>
> >>> Willi
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