Thanks, Wolfgang. This does solve the problem but is not so good for a
chapter in a book, where headers with pagenumbers are the norm. So, is
there a solution that prints the correct page number?

Alan

On Sun, Feb 28, 2016 at 4:01 PM, Wolfgang Schuster <
schuster.wolfgang@gmail.com> wrote:

> Alan Bowen <bowenalan03@gmail.com>
> 28. Februar 2016 um 20:27
> To prevent empty pages in a double-sided page environment, I have been
> using
> \setuppagenumbering[page=].
>
> This does not work as it should, however, when there is no body text but
> only a continuing footnote on the last page. Then, though there are still
> no empty pages, the pagenumber on the last page is the same as that on the
> preceding page.
>
> Consider
> \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided]
> \setuppagenumbering[page=]
>
> \starttext
> \dorecurse{3}{\input knuth}\footnote{\dorecurse{3}{\input knuth}}
> %\input knuth
> \stoptext
>
> with and without the line currently commented out.
>
> You can add the following lines at the begin of your document.
>
> \appendtoks
>   \noheaderandfooterlines
> \to \everystoptext
>
> Wolfgang
>
>
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