On Fri, 1 Dec 2017 12:49:33 +0100 luigi scarso <luigi.scarso@gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Fri, Dec 1, 2017 at 10:14 AM, Christoph Reller
> <christoph.reller@gmail.com> wrote:
> > \starttext
> > Text \footnote{Bla}
> > \startitemize[columns]
> > \item Item
> > \stopitemize
> > \stoptext
> >
> > In the rendered output, the footnote is drawn on top of the item (see
> > attached output.png). I am afraid this looks like a bug. Please consider
> > fixing this or tell me how to make footnotes render in the footnote area.
>
> dunno if it's a bug,
> but I usually do
>
> \starttext
> Text \footnote{Bla}
> \startcolumns
> \startitemize
> \item \input knuth\relax
> \item \input knuth\relax
> \stopitemize
> \stopcolumns
> \stoptext


Thank you for your answer Luigi!

(And sorry for my slow response - spam filter was doing crazy things.)

Your solution indeed makes the footnote appear at the right place. But the
layout is not the same as with \startitemize[columns]. Consider:

Text \footnote{Bla}
\startcolumns
\startitemize
\dorecurse{8}{\item Item}
\stopitemize
\stopcolumns

This results in 5 "Item"s in the left column and 3 "Item"s in the right
column. On the other hand

Text \footnote{Bla}
\startitemize[columns]
\dorecurse{8}{\item Item}
\stopitemize

results in 4 "Item"s in both columns, which IMHO is more correct.

Don't you agree that \startitmize[columns] is buggy with respect to
footnotes? Or is the [columns] parameter not supported anymore?

Cheers,
Christoph