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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