I'm not quite I understand:
Are you saying I should leave the caption in "global scope"?
Regarding the second version: Shouldn't that be:
\startlocalfootnotes
\footnotetext[asdf]{asdf} % this
%\footnotetext[asdf]{\footnote{asdf}} % instead of this
\startplacetable[title={A breakfast table.\note[asdf]}]
\placelegend
{\starttable[|l|r|]
\HL
\VL Spam \footnote {lovely}\VL Bacon \footnote
{wonderful} \VL\FR
\VL Eggs \footnote {wonderful} \VL Spam \footnote {lovely}
\VL\LR
\HL
\stoptable}
{\placelocalfootnotes}
\stopplacetable
\stoplocalfootnotes
?
Best,
Denis
> -Ursprüngliche Nachricht-
> Von: ntg-context Im Auftrag von Hans Hagen
> via ntg-context
> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 16. Juni 2022 14:13
> An: Denis Maier via ntg-context
> Cc: Hans Hagen
> Betreff: Re: [NTG-context] local footnotes and captions
>
> On 6/16/2022 12:43 PM, Denis Maier via ntg-context wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > another experiment with footnotes in captions, this time local footnotes :
> >
> > %%%
> >
> > \setupcaptions[location=top]
> >
> > \starttext
> >
> > \startlocalfootnotes
> >
> > \placetable
> >
> > % The caption
> >
> > {A breakfast table.\footnote{asdf}}
> >
> > % the table
> >
> > \placelegend
> >
> > {\starttable[|l|r|]
> >
> > \HL
> >
> > \VL Spam \footnote {lovely} \VL Bacon \footnote
> > {wonderful} \VL\FR
> >
> > \VL Eggs \footnote {wonderful} \VL Spam \footnote
> > {lovely} \VL\LR
> >
> > \HL
> >
> > \stoptable}
> >
> > % the footnotes
> >
> > {\placelocalfootnotes}
> >
> > \stoplocalfootnotes
> >
> > \stoptext
> >
> > %%%
> >
> > Two observations :
> >
> > 1. the footnote numbering is a bit odd, shouldn’t the footnote in the
> > caption be numbered with 1?
> >
> > 2. The footnote in the caption is not included in the local footnotes.
> > Why is that?
> \starttext
>
> \startplacetable[title={A breakfast table.\footnote{asdf}}]
> \startlocalfootnotes
> \placelegend
> {\starttable[|l|r|]
> \HL
> \VL Spam \footnote {lovely}\VL Bacon \footnote
> {wonderful} \VL\FR
> \VL Eggs \footnote {wonderful} \VL Spam \footnote {lovely}
> \VL\LR
> \HL
> \stoptable}
> {\placelocalfootnotes}
> \stoplocalfootnotes
> \stopplacetable
>
> \startlocalfootnotes
> \footnotetext[asdf]{\footnote{asdf}}
> \startplacetable[title={A breakfast table.\note[asdf]}]
> \placelegend
> {\starttable[|l|r|]
> \HL
> \VL Spam \footnote {lovely}\VL Bacon \footnote
> {wonderful} \VL\FR
> \VL Eggs \footnote {wonderful} \VL Spam \footnote {lovely}
> \VL\LR
> \HL
> \stoptable}
> {\placelocalfootnotes}
> \stopplacetable
> \stoplocalfootnotes
>
> \stoptext
>
>
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