maybe something like this would help:

\startsetups[bidi:footnotes]
\setupdirections[bidi=on]
\stopsetups
\setupnotes[footnote][setups=bidi:footnotes]

but I did not test it now.

‪On Wed, Jun 20, 2018 at 5:26 PM ‫Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد‬‎ <
Idris.Hamid@colostate.edu> wrote:‬

> Dear gang,
>
> In the attached/following example, bidi is not applied in the footnote:
>
> \setupdirections[bidi=global]
>
> \starttext
> \definedfont[file:almfixed.otf*arabic at 14pt]
> Test امتحان test
> \startfootnote
> \definedfont[file:almfixed.otf*arabic at 14pt]
> Test امتحان test
> \stopfootnote{}
> \stoptext
>
> Is there something else that I need to do? Thanks in advance!
>
> [Also: Is there a way to not have to declare \definedfont twice?]
>
> Best wishes
> Idris
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> Colorado State University
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