Am 24.05.2011 um 15:15 schrieb Oliver Buerschaper:

>> \setupnotedefinition
>> [footnote]
>> [ location=left,
>>  headalign=flushright,
>>      width=1em,
>>   distance=1ex]
> 
> This comes very close to what I have in mind :-)
> 
> Is it possible to not fix the width globally but rather use the largest actual width encountered in any single footnote block? That is, a footnote block with only single digits would still align left with the textblock boundary as would a footnote block with two digit numbers only (I'm using tabular figures) and  just for mixed one and two digit blocks the right alignment would actually become visible…

http://www.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2011/055590.html

Wolfgang