MWE that demonstrates the problem
%%%CHAPTER SETUP
\startuseMPgraphic{MyChapterGraphic}
picture toc, num ;
% You can play with the width, offset, fontsizes and so on.
toc :=
textext("\unframed[width=8cm,align=normal,offset=3mm,leftframe=on,rulethickness=1pt]
{%
{\switchtobodyfont[18pt]\labeltext{mychapter}}\blank[small]
{\switchtobodyfont[12pt] \MPtext{2}}\blank[big]
\placecombinedlist[MyContent]
}") ;
toc := toc shifted (-llcorner toc) ;
num := textext("\MPtext{1}") ;
num := num ysized 0.8(ypart ulcorner toc) ;
num := num shifted (-llcorner num) ;
% The 0.55 decides how much to shift the number left, we shift 55%
% The 0.1 here satisfies 2*0.1+0.8=1, where 0.8 is the number above
num := num shifted (-0.65(xpart lrcorner num), 0.1(ypart ulcorner toc) ) ;
% The 10cm is just to make sure that we are off so that we do not cut to the
left of the number
clip num to ((-10cm,0) -- (0,0) -- ulcorner toc -- (-10cm, ypart ulcorner
toc) -- cycle) ;
draw toc ;
draw num ;
% This midaligns the content
currentpicture := currentpicture xshifted 0.4(TextWidth - xpart lrcorner toc
- xpart llcorner num) ;
setbounds currentpicture to unitsquare xyscaled (TextWidth, ypart urcorner
toc) ;
\stopuseMPgraphic
\define[2]\MyChapterCommand{%
\setnostrut% Try without (and add \showstruts to see)
\setMPtext{1}{#1}%
\setMPtext{2}{#2}%
\useMPgraphic{MyChapterGraphic}
}
\setuplabeltext[mychapter= ]
\setuphead
[chapter]
[header=high,
command=\MyChapterCommand,
numberstyle=\bf,
textstyle=\tf]
\starttext
\startchapter[title=Chapter 1]
ABC\footnote{footnote 1}
\stopchapter
\startchapter[title={Chapter 2\footnote{footnote 2} %But in fact it becomes
footnote 3. 2 has been skipped in the numbering
ABC\footnote{footnote 3}% But is 4 instead of 3
\stoptext
On 28/8/25 02:55, Aditya Mahajan wrote:
A more automated solution may be possible via \iftrialtypesetting. I'd suggest
that you post a minimal example with the metapost graphic on the mailing list.
Aditya
On Wed, 27 Aug 2025, jbf wrote:
This may be ugly, but it works! The complicated Chapter setup that was clearly
causing the problem remains unchanged (not included here. I do not know where
I would need to adjust it). I decided to play with counters instead
Would this be an acceptable solution? A bit hacky I admit. If anyone wants to
see the chapter setup, I am happy to provide it, in case we can resolve the
issue at the source of the problem.
\starttext
\startchapter[title=Chapter 1]
ABC\footnote{footnote 1}
\stopchapter
\startchapter[title={Chapter 2\footnote{footnote
2}\decrementcounter[footnote]}] %without the \decrementcounter command, this
would skip to 3 instead of 2
\incrementcounter[footnote]
ABC\footnote{footnote 3}
Another\footnote{footnote 4}
\stopchapter
\stoptext
Julian
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