I am re-sending this in the hope that someone will confirm whether this is
a general or a very local problem; and if the latter, point out what I am
missing (or what has changed).

The following used to work but fails in the latest beta (standalone,
cleanly installed):

\definehead[BookTitle][title]
\setuphead[BookTitle][style=\tfc,
color=darkred]

\starttext
\setupnotation[footnote][interaction=start,numberconversion=set  3]
%\setupnotation[footnote][interaction=start,numberconversion=romannumerals]

\startBookTitle[
title={\em Some title\note[trans]}]
\stopBookTitle
%

\footnotetext[trans]{a footnote}

\setupnotation[footnote][numberconversion=numbers]
\resetnumber[footnote]

Loren ipsum\footnote{another footnote}

\stoptext

Now, whatever set I specify, the output is an arabic numeral.
(numberconversion=romannumerals works.)

All best, Alan


On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 4:46 PM, Alan Bowen <bowenalan03@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> The following used to work but fails in the latest beta (standalone):
>
> \definehead[BookTitle][title]
> \setuphead[BookTitle][style=\tfc,
> color=darkred]
>
> \starttext
> \setupnotation[footnote][interaction=start,numberconversion=set  3]
> %\setupnotation[footnote][interaction=start,numberconversion=romannumerals]
>
> \startBookTitle[
> title={\em Some title\note[trans]}]
> \stopBookTitle
> %
>
> \footnotetext[trans]{a footnote}
>
> \setupnotation[footnote][numberconversion=numbers]
> \resetnumber[footnote]
>
> Loren ipsum\footnote{another footnote}
>
> \stoptext
>
> Now, whatever set I specify, the output is an arabic numeral.
> (numberconversion=romannumerals works.)
>
> Alan
>