Hi Willi, How about invoking the command \setups{Thumb-pictures} between a \start \stop pair as in the following:
\showframe \starttext \startfrontmatter \startchapter[title=Test A] \samplefile{knuth} \stopchapter \stopfrontmatter %\page[yes] \start \setups{Thumb-pictures} \startbodymatter \startchapter[title=Test B] \samplefile{ward} \stopchapter \startchapter[title=Test C] \samplefile{ward} \stopchapter \startchapter[title=Test D] \samplefile{ward} \stopchapter \stopbodymatter \stop \startbackmatter \dorecurse{5}{\startchapter[title=Test #1] \samplefile{thuan} \stopchapter} \stopbackmatter \stoptext > On 19 Mar 2022, at 21:42, Willi Egger via ntg-context <ntg-context@ntg.nl> > wrote: > > Hello Otared, > > thanks so much for your testing and comments. — Tthe problem is, that this > thumb-picture should only be placed in the \startboydmatter..\stopbodymatter > sections. In the case of this book however there are the title pages and > quite some text including the TOC in the \startfrontmatter..\stopfrontmatter. > SO I end up with being forced to invoke the setups at the beginning of the > bodymatter. > > Thanks! > Kind regards > > Willi > >> On 19 Mar 2022, at 16:52, Otared Kavian via ntg-context <ntg-context@ntg.nl> >> wrote: >> >> Hi Willi, >> >> Your test file works fine if I place >> \setups{Thumb-pictures} >> before \starttext (using version 2022.03.12 17:56 LMTX). >> However in the file you sent the choice of the command >> \setups{Thumb-pictures} >> is between chapter A and B, which seems starnge to me... >> >> Best regards: Otared K. >> >>> On 18 Mar 2022, at 20:29, Willi Egger via ntg-context <ntg-context@ntg.nl> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Good evening! >>> >>> I have a dictionary where I would like to include thumb-pictures in the >>> margin. — When I use the attached code with a single >>> \startchapter...\stopchapter, it works. However if I add another >>> \startchapter…\stopchapter before loading the setups for the thumb-picture >>> metafun throws an error about not having complete information for >>> performing a transformation. >>> >>> I am currently using the before last version of LMTX-ConTeXT (January 21st >>> 2022). >>> >>> Could someone try to compile? >>> >>> Thanks, kind regards >>> >>> Willi<test-thumb-picture.tex><test-thumb-picture.pdf>___________________________________________________________________________________ >>> If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to >>> the Wiki! >>> >>> maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / >>> http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context >>> webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://context.aanhet.net >>> archive : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ >>> wiki : http://contextgarden.net >>> ___________________________________________________________________________________ >> >> ___________________________________________________________________________________ >> If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to >> the Wiki! >> >> maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / >> http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context >> webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://context.aanhet.net >> archive : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ >> wiki : http://contextgarden.net >> ___________________________________________________________________________________ > > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the > Wiki! > > maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context > webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://context.aanhet.net > archive : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ > wiki : http://contextgarden.net > ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://context.aanhet.net archive : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________