Hi Pablo, Not sure I understand what you are after with the notes. Does this do what you want?
\startcolumnset[parallel] \startsubcolumnset[L] \placenotes[leftnote] \stopsubcolumnset \startsubcolumnset[R] \red \placenotes[rightnote] \stopsubcolumnset \stopcolumnset /Mikael On Thu, 29 Jan 2026 at 15:31, Pablo Rodriguez via ntg-context <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 1/28/26 13:54, Hans Hagen via ntg-context wrote: > > Hi, > > > > A next upload will have some 'changes' in the way we handle spacing in > > footnotes. This mostly affects those who have multiple classes of such > > notes. > > Hi Hans, > > many thanks for your work (Hans, Mikael and Wolfgang) in the upcoming > upload. > > I’d be interested in having parallel notes (endnotes would be fine for > me, since footnotes would probably impossible to get). > > My sample works as long as `spread` isn’t an option in > `\flushsubcolumnsets` (but notes aren’t synched): > > \definecolumnset > [parallel] > [n=1, > align={lesswidows,lessclubs,lessbroken,lessorphans}] > > \definesubcolumnset[parallel][L][1] > \definesubcolumnset[parallel][R][2] > > \startsetups balance:example > \balancetopskip \strutht > \balancebottomskip \strutdp > \stopsetups > > \definenote[leftnote][location=text] > \setupnotation[leftnote] > [before={\startsubcolumnset[L]}, after={\stopsubcolumnset}] > \definenote[rightnote][location=text] > \setupnotation[rightnote] > [before={\startsubcolumnset[R]}, > after={\stopsubcolumnset\flushsubcolumnsets[spread]}] > \starttext > \dorecurse{25}{a\leftnote{\samplefile{knuth}} > b\rightnote{\samplefile{zapf}}\\} > > \page[even]\startcolumnset[parallel] > \placenotes[leftnote] > \placenotes[rightnote] > \stopcolumnset > \stoptext > > I’m probably missing something. Is there any chance to getit right? > > > Some can (and have to be) handled by the engine, some need the help from > > callbacks, which leaves 'sane usage' or (as Don mentions in Digital > > Typography) don't use that many notes. > > But critical apparatus also use many paragraph notes (it would be > considered insane from the perspective of more standard texts, but there > is no other way to achieve that with variants and sources [when no more > apparatus are needed]). > > I would even like to have footnote registers as page glossaries (as > already mentioned in > https://mailman.ntg.nl/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/SFCSFNET675R3NS7S3SJYB42MTYTK5PL/#PTM7CXZVGU7JXAAVVXHUQ5HEMWWXKWRB). > > > Of course Wolfgang has to tripple check all this; we also need to decide > > on a keyword for a new 'max number of notes' option. One change is that > > we now set "spacebefore" and "spaceinbetween" instead of "before". > > Well, for `\setupnote[footnote][location=text]`, `before` is my way to > add commands (such as `\directsetup`]). > > Would also `before` be removed from `\setupnotations`? > > > The upcoming upload will have a chapter beyond-insert.tex that those who > > are into this can process and consume. > > Looking forward to reading that chapter. > > Many thanks for your help, > > Pablo > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the > Wiki! > > maillist : [email protected] / > https://mailman.ntg.nl/mailman3/lists/ntg-context.ntg.nl > webpage : https://www.pragma-ade.nl / https://context.aanhet.net (mirror) > archive : https://github.com/contextgarden/context > wiki : https://wiki.contextgarden.net > ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : [email protected] / https://mailman.ntg.nl/mailman3/lists/ntg-context.ntg.nl webpage : https://www.pragma-ade.nl / https://context.aanhet.net (mirror) archive : https://github.com/contextgarden/context wiki : https://wiki.contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________
