Thanks, Wolfgang. I replaced the lines in strc-sec.mkiv with the one that
you supplied and regenerated the formats. Now, I get the error message

ConTeXt  ver: 2012.07.17 16:42 MKIV  fmt: 2012.7.17  int: english/english


system          > cont-new.mkiv loaded

(/Applications/ConTeXt/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-new.mkiv

system          > beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.mkiv

)

fonts           > latin modern fonts are not preloaded

languages       > language en is active

(Test.tex{/Applications/ConTeXt/tex/texmf-context/fonts/map/pdftex/context/mkiv-base.map}

fonts           > preloading latin modern fonts (second stage)

fonts           > typescripts > unknown: library 'loc'

{/Applications/ConTeXt/tex/texmf/fonts/map/dvips/lm/lm-math.map}{/Applications/ConTeXt/tex/texmf/fonts/map/dvips/lm/lm-rm.map}

fonts           > virtual math > unable to resolve name mapsfromchar

fonts           > fallback modern rm 12pt is loaded

structure       > sectioning > BookTitle @ level 2 : 0.0 -> Title

! Extra \else.


system          > tex > error on line 11 in file Test.tex: Extra  ...


 1     \definehead[BookTitle][title]

 2     \setuphead[BookTitle][header=high,footer=BookTitlePage]

 3     \definetext[BookTitlePage][footer]

 4     [\vbox{\tfx

 5     \centerline{Some text}\par

 6     }

 7     ]

 8

 9

10     \starttext

11 >>  \BookTitle{Title}

12     \input knuth\footnote{\input ward}

13     \stoptext

14

15



\strc_sectioning_handle ...ioning_after_yes \else

                                                  \ifconditional
\c_strc_sec...

l.11 \BookTitle{Title}



?
Alan

On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 12:23 PM, Wolfgang Schuster <
schuster.wolfgang@gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Am 17.07.2012 um 18:08 schrieb Alan Bowen:
>
> > This used to work in earlier versions of MKIV, but does no longer—the
> page sets without complaint but the footer does not appear.
> >
> > A minimal example:
> >
> >               \definehead[BookTitle][title]
> >               \setuphead[BookTitle][header=high,footer=BookTitlePage]
> >               \definetext[BookTitlePage][footer]
> >                       [\vbox{\tfx
> >                       \centerline{Some text}\par
> >                                       }
> >                       ]
> >
> >
> > \starttext
> > \BookTitle{Title}
> > \input knuth\footnote{\input ward}
> > \stoptext
> >
> > Is there a problem with \definetext?
>
> strc-sec.mkiv:
>
> \def\strc_sectioning_check_layout_yes
>   {\page[\p_page]%
>    \expandcheckedcsname\??headmarkyes{\headparameter\c!marking}\s!unknown
>    \edef\p_header{\headparameter\c!header}%
>    \ifx\p_header\empty \else
>
>  \doifelselayouttextline\v!header{\normalexpanded{\setuplayouttext[\v!header][\c!state=\p_header]}}\donothing
>    \fi
>    \edef\p_text{\headparameter\c!text}%
>    \ifx\p_text\empty \else
>      \doifelselayouttextline\v!text
>  {\normalexpanded{\setuplayouttext[\v!text  ][\c!state=\p_text
>  ]}}\donothing
>    \fi
> -  \edef\p_header{\headparameter\c!footer}%
> -  \ifx\p_header\empty \else
> +  \edef\p_footer{\headparameter\c!footer}%
> +  \ifx\p_footer\empty \else
>
>  \doifelselayouttextline\v!footer{\normalexpanded{\setuplayouttext[\v!footer][\c!state=\p_footer]}}\donothing
>    \fi}
>
> Wolfgang
>
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