My solution (worked out with Steve Peter and Hans at PracTeX Chapel Hill:
 \def\MyNum#1{\hskip2em\relax#1. }%\hskip your indent here
\setupnote[footnote][numbercommand=\MyNum]
\setupnotedefinition[footnote][location=left,hang=1]
 Of course, to have a superscripted number you say
\def\MyNum#1{\hskip2em\relax$^{#1}$
 Steve
 On 6/22/05, Alan Bowen <acbowen@princeton.edu> wrote: 
> 
> How does one get ConTeXt to indent and space paragraphs in footnotes
> according to the same rules as the body text?
> 
> I have checked the manual but do not see how to adapt
> \setupfootnotes to do this, and my attempts thus far with
> \setupfootnotedefinition have not been unsuccessful either.
> 
> Thanks for any help or pointers.
> 
> Alan
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